Kṛṣṇa · Sanskrit §142 · English §149
Source[१४२] नन्व् एषां मनुष्यान्तरवत् रागादिकं दृश्यते । कथं तर्हि स्वयं भगवतो नित्य-परिकरत्वं तत्र कैमुत्यम् आह -- तावद् रागादयः स्तेनाः तावत् कारागृहं गृहम् । तावन् मोहोऽङ्घ्रि-निगडो यावत् कृष्ण न ते जनाः ॥ [भ्प् १०.१४.३६] स्तेनाः पुरुष-सार-हराः । अन्येषां प्राकृत-जनानाम् अपि तावद् एव रागादयश् चौरादयो भवन्ति यावत् ते जनास् ते तव न भवन्ति सर्वतो- भावेन त्वय्य् आत्मानं न समर्पयन्ति । समर्पिते चात्मनि तेषां रागादयोऽपि त्वन्-निष्ठा एवेति रागादीनां प्राकृतत्वाभावान् न चौरादित्वं प्रत्युत परमानन्द-रूपत्वम् (पगे ७१) एवेत्य् अर्थः । तथैव प्रार्थितं श्री-प्रह्लादेन - या प्रीतिर् अविवेकानां विषयेष्व् अनपायिनी । त्वाम् अनुस्मरतः सा मे हृदयान् नापसर्पतु ॥ [विप् १.२०.१९] इति । अतो यदि साधकानाम् एवं वार्ता तदा किं वक्तव्यं, नित्यम् एव तादृश- प्रियत्वेन सतां श्री-गोकुल-वासिनाम् एवम् इति । इत्थम् एवोक्तम् - इति नन्दादयो गोपाः कृष्ण-राम-कथां मुदा । कुर्वन्तो रममाणाश् च नाविन्दन् भव-वेदनाम् ॥ [भ्प् १०.११.५८] इति । भवन्त्य् अस्मिन्न् इति भवः प्रपञ्चः । यद्यपि प्रपञ्च-जनेष्व् अभिव्यक्तास् ते तथापि तत्-सम्बन्धिनी या वेदना विषय-दुःखादि-ज्ञानं तां नाविन्दन्न् इत्य् अर्थः । वेदना ज्ञान-पीडयोः इति कोषज्ञाः ।
[142] nanv eṣāṃ manuṣyāntaravat rāgādikaṃ dṛśyate | kathaṃ tarhi svayaṃ bhagavato nitya-parikaratvaṃ tatra kaimutyam āha -- tāvad rāgādayaḥ stenāḥ tāvat kārāgṛhaṃ gṛham | tāvan moho'ṅghri-nigaḍo yāvat kṛṣṇa na te janāḥ || [BhP 10.14.36] stenāḥ puruṣa-sāra-harāḥ | anyeṣāṃ prākṛta-janānām api tāvad eva rāgādayaś caurādayo bhavanti yāvat te janās te tava na bhavanti sarvato- bhāvena tvayy ātmānaṃ na samarpayanti | samarpite cātmani teṣāṃ rāgādayo'pi tvan-niṣṭhā eveti rāgādīnāṃ prākṛtatvābhāvān na caurāditvaṃ pratyuta paramānanda-rūpatvam (page 71) evety arthaḥ | tathaiva prārthitaṃ śrī-prahlādena - yā prītir avivekānāṃ viṣayeṣv anapāyinī | tvām anusmarataḥ sā me hṛdayān nāpasarpatu || [ViP 1.20.19] iti | ato yadi sādhakānām evaṃ vārtā tadā kiṃ vaktavyaṃ, nityam eva tādṛśa- priyatvena satāṃ śrī-gokula-vāsinām evam iti | ittham evoktam - iti nandādayo gopāḥ kṛṣṇa-rāma-kathāṃ mudā | kurvanto ramamāṇāś ca nāvindan bhava-vedanām || [BhP 10.11.58] iti | bhavanty asminn iti bhavaḥ prapañcaḥ | yadyapi prapañca-janeṣv abhivyaktās te tathāpi tat-sambandhinī yā vedanā viṣaya-duḥkhādi-jñānaṃ tāṃ nāvindann ity arthaḥ | vedanā jñāna-pīḍayoḥ iti koṣajñāḥ |
English translation
English witness · section(s) 149
Anuccheda 149
1 Lord Brahma agreed to the request of Drona and Dhara (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.8.50): “When Brahma said: ‘Yes, let it be so’, the most fortunate Drona, who was equal to Bhagavan, appeared in Vrajapura, Vrndavana, as the most famous Nanda Maharaja, and his wife, Dhara appeared as Mother Yasoda.”* 2 Sukadeva Gosvami continued the narration (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.8.51): “Therefore, O Maharaja Pariksit, best of the Bharatas, when the Supreme Personality of Godhead became the son of Nanda Maharaja and Yasoda, they maintained continuous unswerving devotional love in parental affection. And in their association, all the other inhabitants of Vrndavana, the gopas and gopis, developed the culture of krsna-bhakti.” 3 Krsna became the son of Nanda and Yasoda. He was not the son of anyone else. This is the meaning of the use of cvi-pratyaya in this verse. He became their son because of their deep love for Him. 4 Sri Krsna appears as the son of a certain devotee when that devotee is immersed in parental love for the Lord. It is this parental love for Krsna that makes the Lord one’s son, and not simply the Lord’s appearance from the body of a certain living entity. For example, Lord Nrsimha appeared from the pillar in Hiranyakasipu’s assembly hall, and Lord Varaha appeared from the nostril of Lord Brahma, but no one will say that the pillar is the father of Lord Nrsimha, or that Brahma is the father of Lord Varaha. In the same way, Lord Visnu entered the womb of Uttara-devi in order to protect Maharaja Pariksit, but no one will say that Uttara was the mother of Lord Visnu, even though He entered her womb. Therefore it is not the superficial appearance of being born as the ‘natural’ son of a certain devotee that establishes the devotee’s parental relationship with the Lord, but rather it is the increase of parental love that is the sole cause of that relationship. 5 Even though Sri Krsna was not born from the womb of Yasoda-devi, because of Nanda and Yasoda’s intense pure love for Krsna in the mood of parental love, they are famous as the parents of Sri Krsna. The parenthood of Nanda and Yasoda is confirmed in the following verses from the Vedic literatures:- “Sukadeva Gosvami said: Nanda Maharaja was naturally very magnanimous, and when Lord Sri Krsna appeared as his son, he was overwhelmed by jubilation. Therefore, after bathing and purifying himself and dressing himself properly, he invited brahmanas who knew how to recite Vedic mantras. After having these qualified brahmanas recite auspicious Vedic hymns, he arranged to have the Vedic birth ceremony celebrated for his newborn child according to the rules and regulations, and he also arranged for worship of the demigods and forefathers.” Srimad Bhagavatam 10.5.1 “Nanda Maharaja’s son is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who brings auspiciousness to all planetary systems and all entities.” Vaisnava Literature 6 Even the Lord’s so called natural parents did not beget Him as ordinary parents beget a child by seminal injection in the womb of the mother. Lord Krsna appeared, in His eternal, all-cognisant and blissful spiritual form within the mind of Maharaja Vasudeva and from there He was transferred to the heart of Devaki. This is described in the following verse (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.2.18): 7 “Thereafter, accompanied by plenary expansions, the fully opulent Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is all-auspicious for the entire universe, was transferred from the mind of Vasudeva to the mind of Devaki. Devaki having thus been initiated by Vasudeva, became beautiful by carrying Lord Krsna, the original consciousness for everyone, the cause of all causes, within the core of her heart, just as the east becomes beautiful by carrying the rising moon.”* 8 Sri Krsna is actually already always present in the material world in His all-pervading feature. He is present in everyone’s heart, and great devotees such as Narada, Prahlada, and Dhruva are able to see Him because they are filled with love for Him. Just as Lord Krsna is always visible to Narada and other great devotees because of their love for Him, in the same way, the Lord appeared before the king and queen of Vrajabhumi as their son because of their pure love for Him, and also because of the benediction granted to them by Brahma in their previous life. This description is confirmed by all Vedic literatures, and this is the actual meaning of the word ‘tatah’ in this verse (text 7). 9 In this verse (10.8.51, quoted in text 7) the word ‘putra-bhutah’ indicates that because of the intense parental love felt by Vasudeva, Devaki Nanda and Yasoda for Lord Krsna, the Lord became their son. Without intense parental love for Him it is not possible for one to get the Lord as a son. 10 In the Lord’s pastimes within the material world (prakata-lila), the relationship of parent and child exchanged by the Lord and His devotees in the parental mellow (vatsalya-rasa) begins at a certain point in time, and appears to be existing within the limitations of material time. The same parental mellow is experienced by the Lord’s parents in the unmanifested pastimes (aprakata-lila) in the spiritual world also. The parental mellow actually has no beginning in time. In some manuscripts of Srimad Bhagavatam we find the reading ‘putra-bhutah’ (who is the son) instead of ‘putri-bhutah’ (who became the son). The reading of ‘putra-bhutah’ refers to the beginningless mellow of parental love for the Lord tasted by the devotees in the spiritual world. 11 We may note here the following verse spoken by Uddhava to the king and queen of Vrndavana, which seems to deny the parental relationship between Lord Krsna and the king and queen of Vraja. Uddhava says to them (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.46.42): “My dear Nanda and Yasoda, Krsna is not your son, but the Personality of Godhead. He is one’s son. He is actually everyone’s father, mother, and supreme controller.”* 12 The basic meaning of this verse is that, in order to pacify Nanda and Yasoda, Uddhava tells them that their son Krsna, is actually the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is aloof from the entire cosmic manifestation, and impartial to all living entities. There is, however, another, a deeper meaning of this verse. This verse actually means: Although Krsna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead (bhagavan harir yah sah), and although He is aloof to all living entities, impartial to friends and enemies and without father, mother, or other relations, still He has become the son of Nanda and Yasoda (yuvayor evatmajah), even though He is never the son of anyone (naiva sarvesam). One may also interpret this phrase as ‘atmaja eva sarvesam’ (He is the son of everyone), in which case it is understood that Lord Krsna expands as the Supersoul in the hearts of all conditioned souls, and in this way He becomes their son. This interpretation is a product of the illusory potency, maya. This second interpretation is not very sound, and we do not accept it. The great devotees who are liberated or aspiring to become liberated praise the other interpretation (yuvayor evatamajah) which describes the great parental love of Nanda and Yasoda for Krsna. We also endorse this interpretation, which emphasises the parenthood of Nanda and Yasoda. 13 The parental love of Nanda and Yasoda for their son Krsna is glorified in the following verses from Srimad Bhagavatam (10.46.19-30): “When Uddhava saw Maharaja Nanda and Yasoda so extraordinarily overwhelmed with thoughts of Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and when he experienced their extraordinary affection for Him, he also became overwhelmed and began to speak as follows, ‘My dear mother Yasoda and Nanda Maharaja, you are most respectable among human beings because no one but you can meditate in such transcendental ecstasy’”.* 14 In the following verse Krsna and Balarama console Nanda Maharaja and glorify Nanda and Yasoda’s exalted parental relationship with them. Krsna and Balarama said (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.45.22): “My dear father and mother, although I was born of Vasudeva and Devaki, you have been Our real father and mother, because from Our very birth and childhood, you raised Us with great affection and love. Your affectionate love for Us was more than anyone can offer one’s own children. You are actually Our father and mother, because you raised Us as your own children at a time when We were just like orphans. For certain reasons We were rejected by Our father and mother, and you protected Us.”* 15 “My dear father and mother, I know you will be feeling separation by returning to Vrndavana and leaving us here, but please be rest assured that I shall be coming back to Vrndavana just after giving some satisfaction to My real father and mother, Vasudeva and Devaki, My grandfather and other relatives and family members.”* 16 In this verse Krsna promises to return to Vraja to see Nanda and Yasoda. This means that He intends to remain in Vraja for some time. In this verse we may see that Nanda and Yasoda, and not Vasudeva and Devaki are the real parents of Sri Krsna.
Kṛṣṇa · Sanskrit §143 · English §150
Source[१४३] तर्हि कथं गोकुले प्रपञ्चवद् भानं लोकानां भवति तत्राह - प्रपञ्चं निष्प्रपञ्चोऽपि विडम्बयसि भूतले । प्रपन्न-जनतानन्द- सन्दोहं प्रथितुं प्रभो ॥ [भ्प् १०.१४.३७] प्रपञ्चाद् अतीतोऽपि त्वं भूतले स्थितं प्रपञ्चं विडम्बयसि (जन्मादि- लीलया ममायं पिता ममेयं माता इत्य् आदि भाव-लिङ्गतः) स्वयम् अनेन प्रस्तुतेन गोकुल-रूपेणानुकरोषि । वस्तुतस् तु श्री-गोकुल-रूपम् इदं तव स्वरूपं प्रपञ्चवद् एव भाति न तु प्रपञ्च-रूपम् एवेति तात्पर्यम् । तद्वच् च भानं किम् अर्थं तत्राह प्रपन्नेति । एतादृश-लौकिकाकार- लीलयैव हि प्रपन्न-जन-वृन्दस्य परमानन्दो भवतीत्य् एतद् अर्थम् । तस्मात् साधूक्तम् अहो भाग्यम् इत्य् आदि । ॥ १०.१४ ॥ ब्रह्मा श्री-भगवन्तम् ॥ १३८-१४३ ॥
[143] tarhi kathaṃ gokule prapañcavad bhānaṃ lokānāṃ bhavati tatrāha - prapañcaṃ niṣprapañco'pi viḍambayasi bhūtale | prapanna-janatānanda- sandohaṃ prathituṃ prabho || [BhP 10.14.37] prapañcād atīto'pi tvaṃ bhūtale sthitaṃ prapañcaṃ viḍambayasi (janmādi- līlayā mamāyaṃ pitā mameyaṃ mātā ity ādi bhāva-liṅgataḥ) svayam anena prastutena gokula-rūpeṇānukaroṣi | vastutas tu śrī-gokula-rūpam idaṃ tava svarūpaṃ prapañcavad eva bhāti na tu prapañca-rūpam eveti tātparyam | tadvac ca bhānaṃ kim arthaṃ tatrāha prapanneti | etādṛśa-laukikākāra- līlayaiva hi prapanna-jana-vṛndasya paramānando bhavatīty etad artham | tasmāt sādhūktam aho bhāgyam ity ādi | || 10.14 || brahmā śrī-bhagavantam || 138-143 ||
English translation
English witness · section(s) 150
Anuccheda 150
1 The elderly cowherd men and gopas of Vrndavana also felt intense parental love for Lord Krsna. This is confirmed in the following verse of Srimad Bhagavatam (10.8.51): “Therefore, O Maharaja Pariksit, best of the Bharatas, when the Supreme Personality of Godhead became the son of Nanda Maharaja and Yasoda, they maintained continuous, unswerving devotional service in parental affection. And in their association, all other inhabitants of Vrndavana, the gopas and gopis, developed the culture of krsna-bhakti.”* 2 In the following verse (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.8.52) Srila Sukadeva Gosvami concludes his description of the parenthood of Nanda and Yasoda: “Thus the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, along with Balarama, lived in Vrajabhumi, Vrndavana just to substantiate the benediction of Brahma. By exhibiting different pastimes in His childhood, He increased the transcendental pleasure of Nanda and the other inhabitants of Vrndavana.”* 3 Sri Krsna becomes controlled by the pure love of His devotees, and He increased the pleasure of the residents of Vrajabhumi in transcendental reciprocation for their pure love for Him. Even so, Lord Krsna arranged that the residents of Vraja obtained His association as a result of the benediction of Brahma. The Lord did this in order to demonstrate that the association of Lord Krsna is not ordinary. It is a great benediction bestowed upon the living entities. It is also possible to interpret this verse to mean: “Sri Krsna lived in Vrndavana just to increase the pleasure of His devotees there. Incidentally, He did this by fulfilling the benediction offered by Brahma.”
Kṛṣṇa · Sanskrit §144 · English §151
Source[१४४] अतएवाह - तासाम् अविरतं कृष्णे कुर्वतीनां सुतेक्षणम् । न पुनः कल्पते राजन् संसारोऽज्ञान-सम्भवः ॥ [भ्प् १०.६.४०] तासां श्री-गोप-पुर-स्त्रीणां संसारः संसारित्वं प्रापञ्चिकत्वं न पुनः कल्प्यते न तु घटते, किन्तु अप्रापञ्चिकत्वम् एव घटत इत्य् अर्थः । यतोऽसाव् अज्ञान-सम्भवः । तासां तु कथम्भूतानां ? अज्ञान-तमः- सूर्यस्य ज्ञानस्योपरि-विराजमानो यः प्रेमा तस्याप्य् उपरि वर्तमानं यत् सुतेक्षणं पुत्र-भावो वात्सल्याभिधः प्रेमा तद् एव तत्राप्य् अविरतं नित्यम् अनादित एव श्री-कृष्णे कुर्वतीनाम् इति ॥ [व्र्. हेरे अद्द्स्: इति स्थिते तन्-नाम-सिद्ध-श्री-कृष्ण-नाम-विशेषाङ्कित- विदितानां श्री-कृष्णेन सहान्तरङ्गतया तन्-महा-योग-पीठ-ध्येयानां तद्वद् अन्यास्व् अपि लीलासु तादृशतया दर्शयितव्यानां तासां श्री-कृष्ण- प्रेयसीनां तु किं वक्तव्यम् । वृ. सेच्तिओन् एन्द्स्.] ॥ १०.६ ॥ श्री-शुकः ॥ १४४ ॥
[144] ataevāha - tāsām avirataṃ kṛṣṇe kurvatīnāṃ sutekṣaṇam | na punaḥ kalpate rājan saṃsāro'jñāna-sambhavaḥ || [BhP 10.6.40] tāsāṃ śrī-gopa-pura-strīṇāṃ saṃsāraḥ saṃsāritvaṃ prāpañcikatvaṃ na punaḥ kalpyate na tu ghaṭate, kintu aprāpañcikatvam eva ghaṭata ity arthaḥ | yato'sāv ajñāna-sambhavaḥ | tāsāṃ tu kathambhūtānāṃ ? ajñāna-tamaḥ- sūryasya jñānasyopari-virājamāno yaḥ premā tasyāpy upari vartamānaṃ yat sutekṣaṇaṃ putra-bhāvo vātsalyābhidhaḥ premā tad eva tatrāpy avirataṃ nityam anādita eva śrī-kṛṣṇe kurvatīnām iti || [Vr. here adds: iti sthite tan-nāma-siddha-śrī-kṛṣṇa-nāma-viśeṣāṅkita- viditānāṃ śrī-kṛṣṇena sahāntaraṅgatayā tan-mahā-yoga-pīṭha-dhyeyānāṃ tadvad anyāsv api līlāsu tādṛśatayā darśayitavyānāṃ tāsāṃ śrī-kṛṣṇa- preyasīnāṃ tu kiṃ vaktavyam | Vṛ. section ends.] || 10.6 || śrī-śukaḥ || 144 ||
English translation
English witness · section(s) 151
Anuccheda 151
1 Nanda and Yasoda did not become Lord Krsna’s parents by achieving the blessing of Brahma. Actually, Nanda and Yasoda are more fortunate and exalted than the demigod Brahma. This is confirmed in the Ninth Chapter of the Tenth Canto of Srimad Bhagavatam , where we find the description of the glories of mother Yasoda’s maternal love for Krsna, how Lord Krsna is completely under the control of Mother Yasoda, and how she bound Him with ropes. Mother Yasoda obtained greater mercy from Lord Krsna than even Brahma, Siva or Laksmi could even attained. This is described in the following verse, Srimad Bhagavatam 10.9.20: 2 “Neither Lord Brahma, nor Lord Siva, nor even the goddess of fortune, who is always the better half of the Supreme Lord, can obtain from the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the deliverer from this material world, such mercy as received by mother Yasoda.”* 3 The exalted demigod Brahma is the original spiritual master of the devotees of the Lord. This is confirmed in the following statement of Srimad Bhagavatam (2.9.5): “Lord Brahma is the first spiritual master.” Siva is still more exalted. This is described in the following verse from Srimad Bhagavatam (12.13.16): “Siva is the best among all the devotees of Lord Krsna.” Because Laksmi is considered the teacher of devotional service to Brahma and Siva, she is more exalted than even Brahma and Siva. The glories of Laksmi are so great that they cannot be described by even Brahma and Siva. Laksmi’s good fortune extends beyond the realm of ordinary devotional service, for she is an intimate friend of the Personality of Godhead. This is confirmed in this verse (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.9.20) by the word ‘anga-samsraya’ (Laksmi-devi is the better half of the Supreme Lord). 4 What kind of mercy did Yasoda-devi obtain from Lord Krsna? Lord Krsna gave her a benediction greater than liberation. This is described in the following verse from Srimad Bhagavatam (5.6.18): “Those engaged in getting the Lord’s favour attain liberation from the Lord very easily, but He does not very easily give the opportunity to render direct service unto Him.”* Yasoda-devi, the queen of the gopis (gopi) obtained an indescribable (yat tat) benediction (prasadam) from Lord Krsna, which could not be obtained (na lebhire) by even Brahma, Siva, or Laksmi. The phrase ‘na lebhire’ (not attained) should be understood to be repeated three times to refer to Brahma, Siva and Laksmi. In this way the rarity of the mercy obtained by Yasoda is emphasised. 5 Someone may say that Drona and Dhara are ordinary material demigods, and therefore they could not possible have become Krsna’s parents without receiving a benediction from Brahma. That Drona and Dhara become Krsna’s parents because of Brahma’s blessings is not an acceptable proposition, however, for Srimad Bhagavatam clearly says that Brahma himself is not able to attain the good fortune obtained by Drona and Dhara (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.9.20, quoted in text 2). How can Brahma give as a gift what other great devotees and he himself are unable to attain? Brahma himself says this in the following prayer (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.14.34): “My dear Lord, I am therefore not interested in either material opulences or liberation. I am most humbly praying at Your lotus feet for You to please give me any sort of birth within this Vrndavana forest so that I may be able to be favoured by the dust of the feet of some devotees of Vrndavana. Even if I am given the chance to grow just as the humble grass in this land, that will be a glorious birth for me. But if I am not so fortunate to take birth within the forest of Vrndavana, I beg to be allowed to take birth outside the immediate area of Vrndavana so that when the devotees go out they will walk over me. Even that would be a great fortune for me. I am just aspiring for a birth in which I will be smeared by the dust of the devotees’ feet.”* Also, no Vedic literature says that Drona and Dhara performed great devotional service to the Lord to make themselves eligible to become his parents. The truth is that Drona and Dhara are partial expansions (amsa-avatara) of Nanda and Yasoda, Krsna’s eternal parents in the spiritual world. They descended to this material world, just as the Lord Himself did in order to display His pastimes on earth. 6 Srimad Bhagavatam is the best of scriptures because it describes pure love for the Supreme Personality of Godhead as the ultimate goal of life. That pure love of Godhead is perfectly manifested in the holy abode of Gokula, and Nanda and Yasoda, the king and queen of Gokula, are perfect examples of that pure love for Krsna. For this reason Brahma prays to attain any sort of birth in that holy land of Gokula.
Kṛṣṇa · Sanskrit §145–152 · English §152
Source[१४५] यस्माद् एवं श्री-गोपादीनां तदीय-नित्य-परिकरत्वं (पगे ७२) तस्माद् एतत् प्रकरणत्व-सिद्ध-देहानां साधक-चरीणां कासांचिद् अपेक्षया । यद् वा एतद् अभिप्रायं तच् च अन्तर्-गृह-गता [भ्प् १०.२९.९] इत्य् आदिकं, न चैवं विस्मयः कार्यः [भ्प् १०.२९.१६] इत्य् आद्य्-अन्तम् । [सर्व-संवादिनी: -- अन्तर्-गृह-गताः काश्चिद् गोप्यो ऽलब्ध-विनिर्गमाः । कृष्णं तद्-भावनायुक्ता दध्युर् मीलित-लोचनाः ॥ दुःसह-प्रेष्ठ-विरह-तीव्रताप-धुताशुभाः । ध्यानप्राप्ताच्युताश्लेष-निर्वृत्या क्षीणमङ्गलाः ॥ तम् एव परमात्मानं जार-बुद्ध्यापि सङ्गताः । जहुर् गुणमयं देहं सद्यः प्रक्षीण-बन्धनाः ॥ राजोवाच -- कृष्णं विदुः परं कान्तं न तु ब्रह्मतया मुने । गुण-प्रवाहोपरमस् तासां गुण-धियां कथम् ॥ श्री-शुक उवाच -- उक्तं पुरस्ताद् एतत् ते चैद्यः सिद्धिं यथा गतः । द्विषन्न् अपि हृषीकेशं किम् उताधोक्षज-प्रियाः ॥ नॄणां निःश्रेयसार्थाय व्यक्तिर् भगवतो नृप । अव्ययस्याप्रमेयस्य निर्गुणस्य गुणात्मनः ॥ कामं क्रोधं भयं स्नेहम् ऐक्यं सौहृदम् एव च । नित्यं हरौ विदधतो यान्ति तन्-मयतां हि ते ॥ न चैवं विस्मयः कार्यो भवता भगवत्य् अजे । योगेश्वरेश्वरे कृष्णे यत एतद् विमुच्यते ॥ [भ्प् १०.२९.९-१६] एन्द् स्स् अद्दितिओन्.] [व्र्. रेप्लचेस् अबोवे परग्रफ् wइथ् थे फ़ोल्लोwइन्ग्: तद् एवम् एव तासां श्री- कृष्णवद् आनन्द-विग्रहाणां तैर् एव विग्रहैः श्री-कृष्ण-सङ्गः प्रोक्तः । उक्तं च तासां विग्रह-माहात्म्यं तत्रातिशुशुभे ताभिर् भगवान् देवकी- सुतः [भ्प् १०.३३.६] इत्य् आदिभिः । श्रीमद्-उद्धवेन च तान् नमस्यता प्रथमं एताः परं तनु-भृतः [भ्प् १०.४७.५८] इत्य् अनेन तासाम् एव परम- तनु-भृतत्वं प्रदर्श्य मध्ये क्वेमाः स्त्रियः [भ्प् १०.४७.५९] इत्य् अनेन परमतम् अनूद्य तत् खण्डयता नायं श्रियोऽङ्ग [भ्प् १०.४७.६०] इत्य् अनेन लक्ष्मीतोऽपि विलक्षणं तासु तत्-प्रेयसी-रूपत्वं प्रदर्श्य परम-नित्यत्वं स्थापयित्वा तत्र च यः प्रसाद उदगात् इत्य् अनेन तत्-प्रसादस्य सदान्तर्भूय स्थायित्वं सूचयित्वा पुनः आसाम् अहो चरण [भ्प् १०.४७.६१] इत्य् आदिना स्वीय-परम-पुरुषार्थ-चरण-रेणुत्वं दर्शितम् । यत्र भेजुर् मुकुन्द-पदवीं श्रुतिभिर् विमृग्याम् [भ्प् १०.४७.६१] इत्य् अनेन यद् एव पुरुषार्थतया स्थापितम् । यत्र वृन्दावने इत्य् आदिना वृन्दावनस्य च तादृशत्वं स्थापितम् । तद् एतद् व्यतिरेकेण द्रढयितुम् अन्यासाम् आगन्तुकानाम् असिद्ध-देहानां विग्रह-त्यागेनैव तत्-सङ्ग-प्राप्तिर् इत्य् आह अन्तर्-गृह-गता [भ्प् १०.२९.९] इत्य् आदिकेन, न चैवं विस्मयः कार्यः [भ्प् १०.२९.१६] इत्य् आद्य्-अन्तेन । अन्तर्-गृह-गताः शुश्रूषन्त्यः पतीन् काश्चित् इत्य् अत्रोक्ता इत्य् अर्थः । विशेष-व्याख्या च क्रम-सन्दर्भे दर्शयिष्यते । वृ. सेच्तिओन् एन्द्स्.] अत्र अन्तर् इति स्फुटम् एव । अशुभं [भ्प् १०.२९.१०] श्री-कृष्ण-प्राप्ताव् अन्तराय-रूपं गुरु-भयादिकम् । मङ्गलं श्री-कृष्ण-प्राप्तौ साधनं सख्यादि-साहाय्य-चिन्तनम् । न कर्म-बन्धनं जन्म वैष्णवानां च विद्यते [पद्मप् ६.२२९.५८] इति ह्य् उक्तम् एव । दृश्यते चान्यत्रापि तद्- असम्भव-स्थले तच्-छब्द-प्रयोगः वत्स्यत्य् उरसि मे भूतिर् भवत्-पाद- हतांहसः [भ्प् १०.८९.११] इत्य् आदौ । तत्र यथा श्री-भगवद्-वाक्य- याथार्थ्यायार्थान्तरम् अनुसन्धेयं तद्वद् इहापीति । परमात्मानम् [भ्प् १०.२९.११] इति ब्रह्म-स्तम्बान्त-निर्दिष्ट-सिद्धान्त-रीत्या श्री-कृष्णस्य स्वभावत एव परम-प्रेमास्पदत्वं दर्शितम् । जार इति या बुद्धिस् तयापि तन्-मात्रेणापि सङ्गताः न तु साक्षाद् एव जार-रूपेण प्राप्तिर् इति । तद्-भाव-पुरस्कारेण भजनस्य प्राबल्यं व्यञ्जितम् । जार-शब्देन निर्देशात् लोक-धर्म-मर्यादातिक्रमं दर्शयित्वा तथाविध- भावस्यातिनिरर्गलत्वं दर्शितम् । बन्धनं श्री-कृष्ण-प्राप्ति-विरोधि-गुरु- जन-मध्य-वासादि-रूपम् । अत्र गुण-मयं देहं जहुर् इत्य् अत्र राज्ञः सन्देहः कृष्णं विदुर् [भ्प् १०.२९.१२] इति । हे मुने, ताः श्री-कृष्णं परं केवलं कान्तं निगूढ- वल्लभं विदुर् न तु ब्रह्मेति । तर्हि कथं तासां गुण-प्रवाहस्योपरमः सम्भवति ? यस्य ब्रह्म-भावना स्यात् तत्र तस्य निर्गुणस्यैवोदयाद् भवेत् प्राचीन-मायिक-गुण-प्रवाहोपरमः । तासु तु कान्ततयैव भावयन्तीषु प्राकृत-गुणातीत-गुणस्यैव तस्योदयात् प्राकृत-गुणाभावेऽपि तद्-गुणानुबन्ध-गुणत्वात् परम-पुरुषार्थानुगतानां तेषां गुणानां कथम् उपरम इत्य् अर्थः । यद् वा तासां गुण-प्रवाहः कथम् उपरमः पारमर्थिको न भवति, येन ततो मुक्तिं कथयसीति भावः । ब्रह्मतया वेदना-वैलक्षण्यं प्रतिपादयति गुण-धियां ब्रह्म-निष्ठाया अपि त्याजके तस्य परम-सौन्दर्यादि-गुणे धीश् चेतो यासाम् । तत्रोत्तर-मुक्तिम् इति । पुरञ्जनेति-हासादिवद् दुरूहत्वात् स्वयम् उक्तस्य व्याख्यानम् इदम् । एवं हि दृष्टान्त-बलेन लभ्यते । यथा चैद्य-शब्देनात्र कारुषोऽपि गृहीतः तौ च जय-विजयौ तयोश् च - देहेन्द्रियासु-हीनानां वैकुण्ठ-पुर-वासिनाम् । देह-सम्बन्ध-सम्बद्धम् एतद् आख्यातुम् अर्हसि ॥ [भ्प् ७.१३.३४] इति श्री-युधिष्ठिर-प्रश्न-दृशा त्व् अप्राकृत-विग्रहत्वेनानश्वर-विग्रहयोर् एव सतोः -- भगवान् अनुगाव् आह यातं मा भैष्टम् अस्तु शम् । ब्रह्म-तेजः समर्थो ऽपि हन्तुं नेच्छे मतं तु मे ॥ [भ्प् ३.१६.२९] इति भगवद्-उक्त्य्-अनुसारेण । इत्थं जय-विजयौ सनकादि-शाप-व्याजेन केवलं भगवतो लीलार्थं संसृताव् अवतीर्य इति पाद्मोत्तर-खण्ड- गद्यानुसारेण च स्व-भक्त-चित्ताकर्ष-विनोदाय युद्धादि-क्रीडा- निमित्ततया तस्य दुर्घट-घटना-कारिण्येच्छया एव वार-त्रयं स्वीयस्य अणिमादि-सिद्धि-मय-परम-ज्योतिर्-देहस्य गुणमय-पार्थिव-देहान्तर- प्रवेशः । अतएव सप्तमे कृष्ण-चक्र-हतांहसौ [भ्प् ७.१.४५] इत्य् अत्र टीका च - कृष्ण- चक्रेण (पगे ७३) हतम् अंहो ययोस् तौ । तयोः पापम् एव हतं न तु तौ इत्य् एषा । तथा तद्-अर्थम् एव श्री-कृष्णेच्छयैवात्रापि तासाम् अप्राकृत-विग्रहाणाम् एव तद्-अभिसार-प्रतिरोध-समये - नासूयन् खलु कृष्णाय मोहितास् तस्य मायया । मन्यमानाः स्वपार्श्वस्थान् स्वान् स्वान् दारान् व्रजौकसः ॥ [भ्प् १०.३३.३७] इतिवत् । तात्कालिक-कल्पितो यो गुणमयो देहस् तत्र प्रवेशः । इमम् एवापेक्ष्य दार्ष्टान्तिकेऽप्य् उक्तम् जहुर् गुणमयं देहम् [भ्प् १०.२९.११] इति, विशेषण- वैयर्थ्यान् न तु स्वम् इत्य् अर्थः । तत्र च यथा तयोः सह द्वेषाभासस् तस्याप्य् अनुस्मरणस्य (सद्-वेषस्याप्य् अनुस्मरणस्य) प्रभावेन तादृशोपाधि-परित्यागात् ततोऽन्तर्धाय भगवत्-प्राप्तिस् तथा सुतराम् एव सप्रीतेस् तस्य प्रभावेन तत्-प्राप्तिः । अत्र च भक्त-चित्ताकर्षणम् एवं सम्भवति - अहो तादृशोऽसौ श्री-कृष्णे मधुरिमा येन ताः स्व- साक्षात्काराय प्राणान् अपि त्याज्यन्ते स्मेति । नॄणाम् [भ्प् १०.२९.१४] इति सामान्यतो जीवानाम् एव निःश्रेयसाय व्यक्तौ सत्यां भक्तानां तु सुतराम् एवेत्य् आयातम् । अन्यथा तस्य व्यक्तिर् एव न सम्भवेद् इत्य् आह । अव्ययस्येति । निर्गुणस्य प्राकृत-गुण-रहितस्य गुणात्मनः । तत्र ये चैश्वर्यादयो गुणास् ते आत्मनः स्वरूपाण्य् एव यस्य तस्य । तर्ह्य् एतादृश-लीलया कथं नॄणां निःश्रेयसं भवति । उच्यते । एतद्- बोधनेन भवतीत्य् आह कामम् [भ्प् १०.२९.१५] इति । अत्र तन्-मयता-शब्देन तत्-प्रचुरतोच्यते । तत्र काम-स्नेहादिषु तद्-अनुरक्तात्मतेति पर्यवसानं स्त्रीमयो जाल्म इतिवत् । क्रोध-भयैक्येषु ते प्रायस् तत्-प्रलीनतेति दुग्ध- मयं जलम् इतिवत् । एकस्यैव शब्दस्य विशेषण-वशाद् अर्थ-भेदश् च युज्यते स्याच् चैकस्य ब्रह्म शब्दवद् [व्स्. २.३.४] इति न्यायेन । क्रोध- भययोर् अत्र पठनम् अन्येषु कैमुत्यापादनायैव न तु तद्-उपदेश- विवक्षया । न च श्री-गोपिकादीनां ये कामादयो भावास् तद्-अनुसरणेनान्ये कृतार्था भवन्तीति चित्रम् इत्य् आह । न चेति । किं वक्तव्यम् एकेषां विमुक्तिर् जगतोऽपि सम्भवतीत्य् आह यत इति । [वृ. अद्द्स्: एके तु प्रकट-लीलायाम् आराधन-पाकाद् आगन्तुकस्य एवैता न तु नित्य-सिद्धवत् सच्-चिद्-आनन्द-देहं प्राप्ताः । ततो न दोष इति वर्णयन्ति । [एन्द् वृ. अद्दितिओन्.] ॥ १०.२९ ॥ श्री-शुकः ॥ १४५ ॥ [१४६-१५०] अथ पूर्ववद् इहापि श्री-व्रजेश्वरादीनां प्राचीन-जन्मादिकं व्याख्येयम् । तथा हि - त्रय्या चोपनिषद्भिश् च साङ्ख्य-योगैश् च सात्वतैः । उपगीयमान-माहात्म्यं हरिं सामन्यतात्मजम् ॥ [भ्प् १०.८.४५] इत्य् एतत्, नेमं विरिञ्चो न भवः [भ्प् १०.९.२०] इति वक्ष्यमाणानुसारि-महा- माहात्म्यं श्रुत्वा विस्मित-मनाः श्री-राजोवाच - नन्दः किम् अकरोद् ब्रह्मन् श्रेय एवं महोदयम् । यशोदा च महा-भागा पपौ यस्याः स्तनं हरिः ॥ पितरौ नान्वविन्देतां कृष्णोदारार्भकेहितम् । गायन्त्य् अद्यापि कवयो यल् लोक-शमलापहम् ॥ [भ्प् १०.८.४६-७] ययोः प्रसन्नोऽवतीर्णस् तौ पितराव् अपि । तद् एवं प्रश्नम् अवधार्य श्री- शुक उवाच - द्रोणो वसूनां प्रवरो धरया भार्यया सह । करिष्यमाण आदेशान् ब्रह्मणस् तम् उवाच ह ॥ [भ्प् १०.८.४८] आदेशान् गो-पालनादि-लक्षणान् । किम् उवाच तद् आह -- जातयोर् नौ महादेवे भुवि विश्वेश्वरे हरौ । भक्तिः स्यात् परमा लोके ययाञ्जो दुर्गतिं तरेत् ॥ [भ्प् १०.८.४९] (पगे ७४) स्पष्टम् । ततश् च -- अस्त्व् इत्य् उक्तः स एवेह व्रजे द्रोणो महा-यशाः । जज्ञे नन्द इति ख्यातो यशोदा सा धराभवत् ॥ ततो भक्तिर् भगवति पुत्री-भूते जनार्दने । दम्पत्योर् नितराम् आसीद् गोप-गोपीषु भारत ॥ [भ्प् १०.८.५०-५१] अन्येषां यः पुत्रो नासीत् तस्मिंस् तु तयोः पुत्रतां प्राप्त इति च्वि- प्रत्ययार्थः । भक्ति-विशेष-मात्रेणैवोदय-विशेष-नियमात् । वात्सल्याभिध-प्रेम-विशेषेणैव श्री-कृष्णः पुत्रतयोदेति, न तु स्व- देहादाव् आविर्भावेन, हिरण्यकशिपु-सभा-स्तम्भे श्री-नृसिंहस्य ब्रह्मणि श्री-वराहस्य च पितृत्वाप्रयोगात् । न च गर्भ-प्रवेशेन परीक्षिद्- रक्षणार्थं तत्-प्रविष्टस्यापि तस्योत्तरा-मातृत्वाश्रवणात् । तादृश-प्रेमा तु शुद्धः समुद्रिक्तश् च श्री-व्रजेश्वरयोर् एव । अतएव गर्भ- प्रवेशादिकं विनापि तयोः पुत्रतया तस्य प्रसिद्धिः । यथा नन्दस् त्व् आत्मज उत्पन्न [भ्प् १०.५.१] इत्य् आदौ, तथोपासना च यथा - सकल-लोक- मङ्गलो नन्द-गोप-तनयः इत्य् आदौ । न त्व् एवं स्तम्भादेः । किं च - श्रीमद् आनकदुन्दुभि-प्रभृतिष्व् आविर्भावोऽपि न प्राकृतवत् तदीय-चरम-धात्व्-आदौ प्रवेशः । किं तर्हि, सच्-चिद्-आनन्द-विग्रहस्य तस्य तन्-मनस्य् आवेश एव । तद् उक्तम् -- ततो जगन्-मङ्गलम् अच्युतांशं समाहितं शूर-सुतेन देवी । दधार सर्वात्मकम् आत्म-भूतं काष्ठा यथानन्द-करं मनस्तः ॥ [भ्प् १०.२.१८] इति । ततः श्री-नारद-प्रह्लाद-ध्रुवादिषु दर्शनात् सर्व-सम्मतत्वात् तादृश- प्रेम-विषयत्वेन साक्षात् श्री-भगवद्-आविर्भावाव्यवहित-पूर्व-प्रचुर- कालं व्याप्य सन्ततस् तद्-आवेशः श्री-व्रजेश्वरयोर् अप्य् अवश्यम् एव कल्प्यते । ब्रह्म-वर-प्रार्थनयापि तद् एव लभ्यत इति समान एव पन्थाः । वात्सल्यं त्व् अत्राधिकं, येन विना तस्य पुत्र-भावो न सम्भवतीत्य् अत्रैव पुत्रतां मन्यामह इति पुत्रीभूत इत्य् अस्य भावः । इदं प्रकटायाम् एव लीलायां समाहितम्, अप्रकटायां तु तयोर् नित्य- सिद्धत्वे एव पुरतोऽवधारयिष्यमाणे लक्ष्मी-विष्णोर् अनादितया आदि-रस- सिद्ध-दाम्पत्यवत् श्री-व्रजेश्वरयोस् तस्य चानादितो वत्सल-रस-सिद्ध-पितृ- पुत्र-भावो विद्यत एव । अतः पुत्र-भूत इति च क्वचित् पाठः । [वृ. अद्द्स् हेरे: प्राग् अयं वसुदेवस्य क्वचिज् जातस् तवात्मजः [भ्प् १०.८.१४] इत्य् अत्र सत्य-वचसः श्री-गर्गस्याप्य् अयम् अभिप्रायः । श्री-देवक्यां उपसंहर विश्वात्मन्न् अदो रूपम् अलौकिकम् [भ्प् १०.३.३०] इति प्रार्थितवत्यां श्री- भगवान् श्री-देवकी-मनसि स्फुरित-चरं सम्प्रति बहिश् चाविर्भूतं चतुर्भुजत्वम् अन्तर्भाव्य श्री-व्रजेश्वरी-मनसि स्फुरितं द्विभुजत्वं तत्राविर्भावितवान् । तस्यास् त्वरया मनसि स्फूर्ति-भेदश् च तथा तथाविर्भाव-भेदाद् गम्यते । फलेन फल-कारणम् अनुमीयते इति । एन्द् वृ. अद्दितिओन्.] अतएव - न ह्य् अस्यास्ति प्रियः कश्चिद् [भ्प् १०.४६.३७] इत्य् आदि प्रकरणे, -- युवयोर् एव नैवायम् आत्मजो भगवान् हरिः । सर्वेषाम् आत्मजो ह्य् आत्मा पिता माता स ईश्वरः ॥ [भ्प् १०.४६.४२] इत्य् एतत् श्री-व्रजेश्वरौ प्रति श्रीमद्-उद्धव-वाक्यं तद्-औदासीन्य- प्रकटनेनापात-सान्त्वन-मात्र-तात्पर्यक-बाह्यार्थम् अपि वास्तवम् अर्थं त्व् एवं वहति । पूर्वोक्त-प्रकारेणायं प्रियाप्रियादि-मातापित्रादि- (पगे ७५)-रहितोऽपि भगवान् हरिः यः सोऽयं कृष्ण-रूपत्वेन विशेषाकारः सन् युवयोर् एवात्मजो नैव सर्वेषाम् । स एवेश्वर-रूपत्वेन सामान्याकारस् तु सर्वेषाम् आत्मजादि-सर्व-रूपः स्यात् । किन्तु परत्र मायामयत्वात् नास्माकम् आदरः । पूर्वत्र तु मुमुक्षु-मुक्त-भक्त-श्लाघ्य- प्रेममयत्वाद् अत्यादर इति भावः । तथोक्तं प्राग् एव -- तयोर् इत्थं भगवति कृष्णे नन्द-यशोदयोः । वीक्ष्यानुरागं परमं नन्दम् आहोद्धवो मुदा ॥ युवां श्लाघ्यतमौ नूनं देहिनाम् इह मान-द । नारायणे ऽखिल-गुरौ यत् कृता मतिर् ईदृशी ॥ [भ्प् १०.४६.२९-३०] इति । तथा -- स पिता सा च जननी यौ पुष्णीतां स्व-पुत्र-वत् । शिशून् बन्धुभिर् उत्सृष्टान् अकल्पैः पोष-रक्षणे ॥ [भ्प् १०.४५.२२] इति श्री-व्रजेश्वरं प्रति श्री-कृष्ण-रामाभ्यां सान्त्वनं च । श्री-रामस्यैव पर-पुत्रम् अपेक्ष्येति ज्ञेयम् । यथोक्तं तत्रैव तेन - यात यूयं व्रजं तात वयं च स्नेह-दुःखितान् । ज्ञातीन् वो द्रष्टुम् एष्यामो विधाय सुहृदां सुखम् ॥ [भ्प् १०.४५.२३] इति । द्रष्टुम् एष्यामः । मम तत्रागमनस्य भवद्-दर्शनम् एव पुरुषार्थ इत्य् अनेन युष्मान् अपश्यन्त एव स्थास्याम इत्य् अर्थः । [वृ. अद्दितिओन्: यद् वा तथापि भूमन् महिमा-गुणस्य ते विबोद्धुम् अर्हति [भ्प् १०.१४.६] इत्य् अत्र विबोद्धुं बोध-गोचरी-भवितुम् इतिवद् द्रष्टुं दर्शन-गोचरी-भवितुम् इत्य् अर्थः । तत्र हेतुः - ज्ञातीन् इति । एन्द् वृ. अद्दितिओन्.] तस्माद् अनयोर् एव मुख्यं पुत्रत्वं श्री-कृष्णे विराजते इति सिद्धम् । प्रकृतम् अनुसरामः । गोप-गोपीनाम् अपि तस्मिन् प्रेमासीद् एव । दम्पत्योस् तयोस् तु तास्व् अपि नितराम् आसीद् इति । उपसंहरति -- कृष्णो ब्रह्मण आदेशं सत्यं कर्तुं व्रजे विभुः । सह-रामो वसंश् चक्रे तेषां प्रीतिं स्व-लीलया ॥ [भ्प् १०.८.५२] स्वेषु भक्त-जन-विशेषेषु या लीला तद्-भक्ति-विशेष-वश-लीला-विशेषस् तयैव तेषां सर्वेषाम् अपि प्रीतिं चक्रे । द्वाव् अपि तौ प्रति तेन वर-दानाद् इति भावः । यद्यप्य् एवं तथापि ब्रह्मण आदेशं सत्यं कर्तृ महद्-आशीर् अन्यथा न स्याद् इति दर्शयितुम् अपीत्य् अर्थः । यद् वा स्व-लीलया तेषां प्रीतिं कर्तुं व्रजे वसन् ब्रह्मण आदेशं सत्यं चक्रे । तद् अनुषङ्गतः स्वयम् आदृत्य सर्वत्राव्यभिचारिणं चकारेति । ॥ १०.८ ॥ श्री-शुकः ॥ १४६-१५० ॥ [१५१-१५२] तद् एतत् कारणं तद्-आभासम् एव मन्यमानस् तयोर् ब्रह्मादिभ्योऽपि सौभाग्यातिशयस्य ख्यापनार्थम् अनन्तरम् एव एकदा गृह-दासीषु [भ्प् १०.९.१] इत्य् आद्य्-अध्यायम् आरब्धवान् । तत्रैव च साक्षाच् छ्री-भगवद्- बन्धन-रूप-महा-वशीकरण-कारण-वात्सल्यम् अपि विदितं, तेन ब्रह्मणोऽपि शिव-लक्ष्मीभ्याम् अपि दुर्लभं भगवत्-प्रसाद-भरम् आह नेमं विरिञ्चो न भवो न श्रीर् अप्य् अङ्ग-संश्रया । प्रसादं लेभिरे गोपी यत् तत् प्राप विमुक्तिदात् ॥ [भ्प् १०.९.२०] स आदिदेवो जगतां पुरो गुरुर् [भ्प् २.९.५] इत्य् उक्तेः विरिञ्चिस् तावद् भक्तादि- गुरुः । (पगे ७६) स च भवस् तु वैष्णवानां यथा शम्भुः [भ्प् १२.१३.१६] इत्य् आदि-दर्शनात् ततोऽप्य् उत्कर्षवान् । सा च श्रीस् तु तयोर् अपि भगवद्-भक्ति- शिक्षा-निदर्शन-प्रथम-रूपत्वात् परमोत्कर्षवती । तद् एवम् उत्तरोत्तर- विन्यासेन यथोत्तर-महिमानं सूचयित्वा श्रीस् तु न केवलं भक्ति-मात्रेण तादृश्य् एव । किं तर्हि परम-सख्येन ततोऽप्य् अनिर्वचनीय-माहात्म्येत्य् आह । अङ्ग-संश्रयेति । एवंभूतापि सा च प्रसादं लेभिरे एव । कस्मात् ? विमुक्तिदात् - अस्त्व् एवम् अङ्ग भजतां भगवान् मुकुन्दो मुक्तिं ददाति कर्हिचित् स्म न भक्ति-योगम् । [भ्प् ५.६.१८] इत्य् उक्त-रीत्या प्रायो विमुक्तिम् एव ददाति न तु तथाभूतं प्रसादं, तस्मात् श्री-भगवत एव किन्तु गोपी श्री-गोपेश्वरी यत् तद् अनिर्वचनीयं प्रसाद- शब्देनापि वक्तुं शङ्कनीयं, तस्मात् प्राप, तद्-रूप-प्रसादं विरिञ्चिश् च भवश् च श्रीश् च न लेभिरे न लेभिरे ने लेभिरे इत्य् अर्थः । लेभिरे इत्य् अस्य प्रत्येकं नञ्-त्रयेणान्वयः । नञस् त्रिर्-आवृत्तिश् च निषेधस्यातिशयार्था । पूर्वोत्तराध्याय-द्वये श्र्-बादरायणेर् विवक्षितम् इदम् । द्रोण-धरयोस् तावत् साधारण-देवतात्वं चेत् तर्हि तयोः श्री-शिवादि-दुर्लभ- चरणारविन्द-स्फूर्ति-लेशस्य श्री-कृष्णस्य तथा प्राप्तौ स्वतः सम्भावना नास्ति । न च तयोस् तादृश-गाढ-भजनादिकं कुत्रचिद् वर्ण्यते । अन्यथा तद् एवाहम् आख्यास्यम् । न च ताभ्यां यद् ईदृशं फलं लब्धं तद् ब्रह्मणि पूर्वं प्रार्थितं, किन्तु दुर्गति-तरण-हेतुत्वेनोत्तम-भक्ति-मात्रम् । न च ब्रह्मापि श्री-कृष्णस्य महा-भक्तैर् अपि दुर्लभ-पुत्रत्वादिकं विशिष्य ताभ्यां वरं दत्तवान् । न च नेमं विरिञ्चिः इत्य् आदिनोच्यमान-तादृश- प्रसादाप्ति-राहित्यस्य ब्रह्मणो वरस् तादृश-फल-दाने भवति समर्थः । वक्ष्यते च तत्-प्रसादाप्ति-राहित्यातिशयः । तद् भूरि-भाग्यम् इह जन्म किम् अप्य् अटव्यां यद् गोकुलेऽपि कतमाङ्घ्रि-रजोऽभिषेकम् [भ्प् १०.१४.३४] इत्य् आदिना । तस्मात् तयोस् तादृश-महोदये कारणं नास्ति किन्तु निष्कारणत्वेन तयोर् नित्याम् एव तादृशीं स्थितिं विज्ञाय मया श्री-भगवल्-लीलयैव [वृ. अद्द्स्: स्व-भक्ति-विशेष-प्रचार-कारणक-श्री-भगवद्-इच्छयैव एन्द् अद्दितिओन्.] द्रोण-धरा-रूपेणांशेनैवावतीर्णयोर् ऐक्य-विवक्षया यथा कथञ्चित् कारणाभास एवोपन्यस्त इति । किं च श्रीमद्-भागवतेऽस्मिन् श्री- भगवत्-प्रेमैव सर्व-पुरुषार्थ-शिरोमणित्वेनोद्घुष्यते । तस्य च परमाश्रय-रूपं श्री-गोकुलम् एव । तत्रापि श्री-व्रजेश्वरौ । ततस् तत् परमाश्रय-नित्यत्वे सिद्ध एव तादृश-ग्रन्थ-प्रयत्नः सकलः स्यात् । यत एव श्री-ब्रह्मादिभिस् तत्र यत् किञ्चिज् जन्म प्रार्थ्यते इति । तस्मात् स्वाभाविक्य् एव तयोस् तादृशी स्थितिर् इति प्रतिपादयंस् तत्-सम्बन्धेनैव भजतां सुखापो नान्येषाम् इत्य् आह -- नायं सुखापो भगवान् देहिनां गोपिका-सुतः । ज्ञानिनां चात्म-भूतानां यथा भक्तिमताम् इह ॥ [भ्प् १०.९.२१] सुखेनाप्यत इति सुखापः । अयं श्री-गोपिका-सुतः भगवान् देहिनां देहाभिमानिनां तप-आदिना न सुखापः न सुलभः किन्तु तैर् अतिचिरेणैव तेन शुद्धेऽन्तःकरणे कथञ्चिद् (पगे ७७) भक्तावलोकन-लेशेन जात-सद्- बुद्धिभिस् तद् एव तप-आदिकं तस्मिन्न् अर्पयद्भिः कथञ्चिद् एवासौ लभ्यते । तथा आत्म-भूतानाम् आविर्भूताद्वैत-वृत्तीनां निवृत्त- देहाभिमानानां ज्ञानिनाम् अपि तादृशेन ज्ञानेन न सुखापः किन्तु पूर्वेणैव करणेन जात-तद्-आसत्तिभिस् तेन ज्ञानेन यद् ब्रह्म स्फुरति तद् एवायम् इति चिन्तयद्भिस् तैः कथञ्चिद् एवासौ लभ्यते । ततश् च द्वयोर् अपि तयोः साधनयोर् हीनत्वात् तल्-लाभश् च न साक्षात् किन्तु केनचिद् अंशेन व्यञ्जितम् ते प्राप्नुवन्ति माम् एव सर्व-भूत-हिते रताः [गीता १२.४], क्लेशोऽधिकतरस् तेषाम् अव्यक्तासक्त-चेतसाम् [गीता १२.५] इति श्री-भगवद्- उक्तेः । शाब्दे परे ब्रह्मणि धर्मतो व्रतैः स्नातस्य मे न्यूनम् अलं विचक्ष्व [भ्प् १.५.७] इति श्री-व्यास-प्रश्नानन्तरात् । भवतानुदित-प्रायं यशो भगवतो ऽमलम् । येनैवासौ न तुष्येत मन्ये तद् दर्शनं खिलम् ॥ [भ्प् १.५.८] इति श्री-नारद-प्रतिवचनाच् च । सुखापस् तु केषाम् इत्य् अपेक्षायां निदर्शनम् आह - इह गोपिका-सुते भक्तिमतां यथा [वृ एदितिओन् हेरे अद्द्स्: तथा च श्री-ब्रह्मोक्तिः - ज्ञाने प्रयासम् उदपास्य [भ्प् १०.१४.३] इत्य् आदि, श्री- नारदोक्तिश् च यजते यज्ञ-पुरुषं स सम्यग्-दर्शनः पुमान् [भ्प् १.५.३८] इति । वृ अद्दितिओन् एन्द्स्.] सुखाप इति श्री-गोपिकायास् तु सुखाप इति किं वक्तव्यम् । तस्याः सुत एवायं भगवान् इत्य् अतो गोपिका-सुत इति विशेषणं दत्तम् । सुखम् आपयतीति वा सुखापः । यतश् चायं न देहाभिमानिनां सुखापः यतो गोपिकासुतस् तत्-सुतत्व-लीलायाः स्व-साधारण-दृष्ट्यानादरात् । तथा ज्ञानिनाम् अपि न सुखापः यतो गोपिकासुतः सर्वात्मैक-वृत्त्य्-उदयेन भगवत्-स्वरूपानन्द-वैचित्री-सारोपरिचर-तल्-लीला-तत्त्वानुभवात् । यथेह श्री-गोपिका-सुते भक्तिमताम् इति निदर्शनम् । सुखेनाप्यते ज्ञायते इति वा सुखापः सुबोधः । ततश् चायं देहाभिमानिभिस् [वृ. अद्दितिओन्] तर्कादिना न सुबोधः । तथा ज्ञानिभिर् अपि ज्ञानेन न सुबोधः । तत्र पूर्ववद् धेतुर् गोपिका-सुत इति । देहेभिः देहाभिमानिभिर् अपि । [एन्द् वृ. अद्दितिओन्] तत्-तद्-अलौकिक-कर्म-लिङ्गकात् तर्कात् ज्ञानिभिर् अप्य् अनावृत-ब्रह्मत्वावगमात् सुबोध एव । सत्यं तथापि यथेह श्री-गोपिका-सुते भक्तिमद्भिः सुबोधस् तथा न । ते हि श्री-कृष्ण- भक्ताः स्व-सुख-निभृत-चेतास् तद्-व्युदस्तान्य् अभावोऽप्य् अजित-रुचिर- लीलाकृष्ट-सारः [भ्प् १२.१२.६९] इत्य् आदि-दर्शनात् तादृश-लीलानुभवस्यैव परम-पुरुषार्थत्वम् अवगच्छन्तीति भावः । अत्रार्थ-त्रयोऽपीह-पदेन श्री-परव्योम-नाथादि-भक्तिमन्तोऽपि व्यावृत्ताः । गोपिका-सुत इति विशेषणेन च त्रैकालिक-तद्-भक्तानां तत्-सम्बन्धि-सुखापत्वं प्रति तत्-सुतत्वायोग- तद्-अन्यत्व-योगौ व्यवच्छिद्येते । इत्य् अतो विद्वद्-अनुभव-याथार्थ्येन नित्य एव तत्-सम्बन्धो विवक्षितः । (पगे ७८) अतएवायं गोपिका-सुत इति स्वयम् अपि साक्षाद् अङ्गुल्या निर्दिश्यते । तस्माद् अपि साधूक्तं नित्य एव श्री-व्रजेश्वरयोस् तत्-सम्बन्ध इति । अत्र एकदा गृह- दासीषु [भ्प् १०.९.१] इत्य् आदिकम्, नेमं विरिञ्चः [भ्प् १०.९.२०] इत्य् आदि पद्य- द्वयान्तम् इदम् उत्तर-वाक्यं, द्रोणो वसूनां प्रवरः [भ्प् १०.८.४८] इत्य् आदिकस्य पूर्व-वाक्यस्य बाधकत्वेनैवोक्तं, पूर्व-विरोध-धर्मान्तर- प्रतिपादनाद् अयुक्तत्वाच् च पूर्वस्य असद्-व्यपदेशान् नेति चेन् न धर्मान्तरेण वाक्य-शेषाद् [व्स् २.१.१७] इतिवत् । तत्र च यथिवासच्-छब्दस्य गत्य्-अन्तरं चिन्त्यते तथात्रापि । तच् च पूर्वम् एव दर्शितं पूर्वोत्तराध्याय-द्वये बादरायणे विवक्षितम् इदम् आरभ्य प्रकरणेन । ॥ १०.८ ॥ श्री-शुकः ॥ १५१-१५२ ॥
[145] yasmād evaṃ śrī-gopādīnāṃ tadīya-nitya-parikaratvaṃ (page 72) tasmād etat prakaraṇatva-siddha-dehānāṃ sādhaka-carīṇāṃ kāsāṃcid apekṣayā | yad vā etad abhiprāyaṃ tac ca antar-gṛha-gatā [BhP 10.29.9] ity ādikaṃ, na caivaṃ vismayaḥ kāryaḥ [BhP 10.29.16] ity ādy-antam | [Sarva-saṃvādinī: -- antar-gṛha-gatāḥ kāścid gopyo 'labdha-vinirgamāḥ | kṛṣṇaṃ tad-bhāvanāyuktā dadhyur mīlita-locanāḥ || duḥsaha-preṣṭha-viraha-tīvratāpa-dhutāśubhāḥ | dhyānaprāptācyutāśleṣa-nirvṛtyā kṣīṇamaṅgalāḥ || tam eva paramātmānaṃ jāra-buddhyāpi saṅgatāḥ | jahur guṇamayaṃ dehaṃ sadyaḥ prakṣīṇa-bandhanāḥ || rājovāca -- kṛṣṇaṃ viduḥ paraṃ kāntaṃ na tu brahmatayā mune | guṇa-pravāhoparamas tāsāṃ guṇa-dhiyāṃ katham || śrī-śuka uvāca -- uktaṃ purastād etat te caidyaḥ siddhiṃ yathā gataḥ | dviṣann api hṛṣīkeśaṃ kim utādhokṣaja-priyāḥ || nṝṇāṃ niḥśreyasārthāya vyaktir bhagavato nṛpa | avyayasyāprameyasya nirguṇasya guṇātmanaḥ || kāmaṃ krodhaṃ bhayaṃ sneham aikyaṃ sauhṛdam eva ca | nityaṃ harau vidadhato yānti tan-mayatāṃ hi te || na caivaṃ vismayaḥ kāryo bhavatā bhagavaty aje | yogeśvareśvare kṛṣṇe yata etad vimucyate || [BhP 10.29.9-16] End SS addition.] [Vr. replaces above paragraph with the following: tad evam eva tāsāṃ śrī- kṛṣṇavad ānanda-vigrahāṇāṃ tair eva vigrahaiḥ śrī-kṛṣṇa-saṅgaḥ proktaḥ | uktaṃ ca tāsāṃ vigraha-māhātmyaṃ tatrātiśuśubhe tābhir bhagavān devakī- sutaḥ [BhP 10.33.6] ity ādibhiḥ | śrīmad-uddhavena ca tān namasyatā prathamaṃ etāḥ paraṃ tanu-bhṛtaḥ [BhP 10.47.58] ity anena tāsām eva parama- tanu-bhṛtatvaṃ pradarśya madhye kvemāḥ striyaḥ [BhP 10.47.59] ity anena paramatam anūdya tat khaṇḍayatā nāyaṃ śriyo'ṅga [BhP 10.47.60] ity anena lakṣmīto'pi vilakṣaṇaṃ tāsu tat-preyasī-rūpatvaṃ pradarśya parama-nityatvaṃ sthāpayitvā tatra ca yaḥ prasāda udagāt ity anena tat-prasādasya sadāntarbhūya sthāyitvaṃ sūcayitvā punaḥ āsām aho caraṇa [BhP 10.47.61] ity ādinā svīya-parama-puruṣārtha-caraṇa-reṇutvaṃ darśitam | yatra bhejur mukunda-padavīṃ śrutibhir vimṛgyām [BhP 10.47.61] ity anena yad eva puruṣārthatayā sthāpitam | yatra vṛndāvane ity ādinā vṛndāvanasya ca tādṛśatvaṃ sthāpitam | tad etad vyatirekeṇa draḍhayitum anyāsām āgantukānām asiddha-dehānāṃ vigraha-tyāgenaiva tat-saṅga-prāptir ity āha antar-gṛha-gatā [BhP 10.29.9] ity ādikena, na caivaṃ vismayaḥ kāryaḥ [BhP 10.29.16] ity ādy-antena | antar-gṛha-gatāḥ śuśrūṣantyaḥ patīn kāścit ity atroktā ity arthaḥ | viśeṣa-vyākhyā ca krama-sandarbhe darśayiṣyate | Vṛ. section ends.] atra antar iti sphuṭam eva | aśubhaṃ [BhP 10.29.10] śrī-kṛṣṇa-prāptāv antarāya-rūpaṃ guru-bhayādikam | maṅgalaṃ śrī-kṛṣṇa-prāptau sādhanaṃ sakhyādi-sāhāyya-cintanam | na karma-bandhanaṃ janma vaiṣṇavānāṃ ca vidyate [PadmaP 6.229.58] iti hy uktam eva | dṛśyate cānyatrāpi tad- asambhava-sthale tac-chabda-prayogaḥ vatsyaty urasi me bhūtir bhavat-pāda- hatāṃhasaḥ [BhP 10.89.11] ity ādau | tatra yathā śrī-bhagavad-vākya- yāthārthyāyārthāntaram anusandheyaṃ tadvad ihāpīti | paramātmānam [BhP 10.29.11] iti brahma-stambānta-nirdiṣṭa-siddhānta-rītyā śrī-kṛṣṇasya svabhāvata eva parama-premāspadatvaṃ darśitam | jāra iti yā buddhis tayāpi tan-mātreṇāpi saṅgatāḥ na tu sākṣād eva jāra-rūpeṇa prāptir iti | tad-bhāva-puraskāreṇa bhajanasya prābalyaṃ vyañjitam | jāra-śabdena nirdeśāt loka-dharma-maryādātikramaṃ darśayitvā tathāvidha- bhāvasyātinirargalatvaṃ darśitam | bandhanaṃ śrī-kṛṣṇa-prāpti-virodhi-guru- jana-madhya-vāsādi-rūpam | atra guṇa-mayaṃ dehaṃ jahur ity atra rājñaḥ sandehaḥ kṛṣṇaṃ vidur [BhP 10.29.12] iti | he mune, tāḥ śrī-kṛṣṇaṃ paraṃ kevalaṃ kāntaṃ nigūḍha- vallabhaṃ vidur na tu brahmeti | tarhi kathaṃ tāsāṃ guṇa-pravāhasyoparamaḥ sambhavati ? yasya brahma-bhāvanā syāt tatra tasya nirguṇasyaivodayād bhavet prācīna-māyika-guṇa-pravāhoparamaḥ | tāsu tu kāntatayaiva bhāvayantīṣu prākṛta-guṇātīta-guṇasyaiva tasyodayāt prākṛta-guṇābhāve'pi tad-guṇānubandha-guṇatvāt parama-puruṣārthānugatānāṃ teṣāṃ guṇānāṃ katham uparama ity arthaḥ | yad vā tāsāṃ guṇa-pravāhaḥ katham uparamaḥ pāramarthiko na bhavati, yena tato muktiṃ kathayasīti bhāvaḥ | brahmatayā vedanā-vailakṣaṇyaṃ pratipādayati guṇa-dhiyāṃ brahma-niṣṭhāyā api tyājake tasya parama-saundaryādi-guṇe dhīś ceto yāsām | tatrottara-muktim iti | purañjaneti-hāsādivad durūhatvāt svayam uktasya vyākhyānam idam | evaṃ hi dṛṣṭānta-balena labhyate | yathā caidya-śabdenātra kāruṣo'pi gṛhītaḥ tau ca jaya-vijayau tayoś ca - dehendriyāsu-hīnānāṃ vaikuṇṭha-pura-vāsinām | deha-sambandha-sambaddham etad ākhyātum arhasi || [BhP 7.13.34] iti śrī-yudhiṣṭhira-praśna-dṛśā tv aprākṛta-vigrahatvenānaśvara-vigrahayor eva satoḥ -- bhagavān anugāv āha yātaṃ mā bhaiṣṭam astu śam | brahma-tejaḥ samartho 'pi hantuṃ necche mataṃ tu me || [BhP 3.16.29] iti bhagavad-ukty-anusāreṇa | itthaṃ jaya-vijayau sanakādi-śāpa-vyājena kevalaṃ bhagavato līlārthaṃ saṃsṛtāv avatīrya iti pādmottara-khaṇḍa- gadyānusāreṇa ca sva-bhakta-cittākarṣa-vinodāya yuddhādi-krīḍā- nimittatayā tasya durghaṭa-ghaṭanā-kāriṇyecchayā eva vāra-trayaṃ svīyasya aṇimādi-siddhi-maya-parama-jyotir-dehasya guṇamaya-pārthiva-dehāntara- praveśaḥ | ataeva saptame kṛṣṇa-cakra-hatāṃhasau [BhP 7.1.45] ity atra ṭīkā ca - kṛṣṇa- cakreṇa (page 73) hatam aṃho yayos tau | tayoḥ pāpam eva hataṃ na tu tau ity eṣā | tathā tad-artham eva śrī-kṛṣṇecchayaivātrāpi tāsām aprākṛta-vigrahāṇām eva tad-abhisāra-pratirodha-samaye - nāsūyan khalu kṛṣṇāya mohitās tasya māyayā | manyamānāḥ svapārśvasthān svān svān dārān vrajaukasaḥ || [BhP 10.33.37] itivat | tātkālika-kalpito yo guṇamayo dehas tatra praveśaḥ | imam evāpekṣya dārṣṭāntike'py uktam jahur guṇamayaṃ deham [BhP 10.29.11] iti, viśeṣaṇa- vaiyarthyān na tu svam ity arthaḥ | tatra ca yathā tayoḥ saha dveṣābhāsas tasyāpy anusmaraṇasya (sad-veṣasyāpy anusmaraṇasya) prabhāvena tādṛśopādhi-parityāgāt tato'ntardhāya bhagavat-prāptis tathā sutarām eva saprītes tasya prabhāvena tat-prāptiḥ | atra ca bhakta-cittākarṣaṇam evaṃ sambhavati - aho tādṛśo'sau śrī-kṛṣṇe madhurimā yena tāḥ sva- sākṣātkārāya prāṇān api tyājyante smeti | nṝṇām [BhP 10.29.14] iti sāmānyato jīvānām eva niḥśreyasāya vyaktau satyāṃ bhaktānāṃ tu sutarām evety āyātam | anyathā tasya vyaktir eva na sambhaved ity āha | avyayasyeti | nirguṇasya prākṛta-guṇa-rahitasya guṇātmanaḥ | tatra ye caiśvaryādayo guṇās te ātmanaḥ svarūpāṇy eva yasya tasya | tarhy etādṛśa-līlayā kathaṃ nṝṇāṃ niḥśreyasaṃ bhavati | ucyate | etad- bodhanena bhavatīty āha kāmam [BhP 10.29.15] iti | atra tan-mayatā-śabdena tat-pracuratocyate | tatra kāma-snehādiṣu tad-anuraktātmateti paryavasānaṃ strīmayo jālma itivat | krodha-bhayaikyeṣu te prāyas tat-pralīnateti dugdha- mayaṃ jalam itivat | ekasyaiva śabdasya viśeṣaṇa-vaśād artha-bhedaś ca yujyate syāc caikasya brahma śabdavad [Vs. 2.3.4] iti nyāyena | krodha- bhayayor atra paṭhanam anyeṣu kaimutyāpādanāyaiva na tu tad-upadeśa- vivakṣayā | na ca śrī-gopikādīnāṃ ye kāmādayo bhāvās tad-anusaraṇenānye kṛtārthā bhavantīti citram ity āha | na ceti | kiṃ vaktavyam ekeṣāṃ vimuktir jagato'pi sambhavatīty āha yata iti | [Vṛ. adds: eke tu prakaṭa-līlāyām ārādhana-pākād āgantukasya evaitā na tu nitya-siddhavat sac-cid-ānanda-dehaṃ prāptāḥ | tato na doṣa iti varṇayanti | [end Vṛ. addition.] || 10.29 || śrī-śukaḥ || 145 || [146-150] atha pūrvavad ihāpi śrī-vrajeśvarādīnāṃ prācīna-janmādikaṃ vyākhyeyam | tathā hi - trayyā copaniṣadbhiś ca sāṅkhya-yogaiś ca sātvataiḥ | upagīyamāna-māhātmyaṃ hariṃ sāmanyatātmajam || [BhP 10.8.45] ity etat, nemaṃ viriñco na bhavaḥ [BhP 10.9.20] iti vakṣyamāṇānusāri-mahā- māhātmyaṃ śrutvā vismita-manāḥ śrī-rājovāca - nandaḥ kim akarod brahman śreya evaṃ mahodayam | yaśodā ca mahā-bhāgā papau yasyāḥ stanaṃ hariḥ || pitarau nānvavindetāṃ kṛṣṇodārārbhakehitam | gāyanty adyāpi kavayo yal loka-śamalāpaham || [BhP 10.8.46-7] yayoḥ prasanno'vatīrṇas tau pitarāv api | tad evaṃ praśnam avadhārya śrī- śuka uvāca - droṇo vasūnāṃ pravaro dharayā bhāryayā saha | kariṣyamāṇa ādeśān brahmaṇas tam uvāca ha || [BhP 10.8.48] ādeśān go-pālanādi-lakṣaṇān | kim uvāca tad āha -- jātayor nau mahādeve bhuvi viśveśvare harau | bhaktiḥ syāt paramā loke yayāñjo durgatiṃ taret || [BhP 10.8.49] (page 74) spaṣṭam | tataś ca -- astv ity uktaḥ sa eveha vraje droṇo mahā-yaśāḥ | jajñe nanda iti khyāto yaśodā sā dharābhavat || tato bhaktir bhagavati putrī-bhūte janārdane | dampatyor nitarām āsīd gopa-gopīṣu bhārata || [BhP 10.8.50-51] anyeṣāṃ yaḥ putro nāsīt tasmiṃs tu tayoḥ putratāṃ prāpta iti cvi- pratyayārthaḥ | bhakti-viśeṣa-mātreṇaivodaya-viśeṣa-niyamāt | vātsalyābhidha-prema-viśeṣeṇaiva śrī-kṛṣṇaḥ putratayodeti, na tu sva- dehādāv āvirbhāvena, hiraṇyakaśipu-sabhā-stambhe śrī-nṛsiṃhasya brahmaṇi śrī-varāhasya ca pitṛtvāprayogāt | na ca garbha-praveśena parīkṣid- rakṣaṇārthaṃ tat-praviṣṭasyāpi tasyottarā-mātṛtvāśravaṇāt | tādṛśa-premā tu śuddhaḥ samudriktaś ca śrī-vrajeśvarayor eva | ataeva garbha- praveśādikaṃ vināpi tayoḥ putratayā tasya prasiddhiḥ | yathā nandas tv ātmaja utpanna [BhP 10.5.1] ity ādau, tathopāsanā ca yathā - sakala-loka- maṅgalo nanda-gopa-tanayaḥ ity ādau | na tv evaṃ stambhādeḥ | kiṃ ca - śrīmad ānakadundubhi-prabhṛtiṣv āvirbhāvo'pi na prākṛtavat tadīya-carama-dhātv-ādau praveśaḥ | kiṃ tarhi, sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahasya tasya tan-manasy āveśa eva | tad uktam -- tato jagan-maṅgalam acyutāṃśaṃ samāhitaṃ śūra-sutena devī | dadhāra sarvātmakam ātma-bhūtaṃ kāṣṭhā yathānanda-karaṃ manastaḥ || [BhP 10.2.18] iti | tataḥ śrī-nārada-prahlāda-dhruvādiṣu darśanāt sarva-sammatatvāt tādṛśa- prema-viṣayatvena sākṣāt śrī-bhagavad-āvirbhāvāvyavahita-pūrva-pracura- kālaṃ vyāpya santatas tad-āveśaḥ śrī-vrajeśvarayor apy avaśyam eva kalpyate | brahma-vara-prārthanayāpi tad eva labhyata iti samāna eva panthāḥ | vātsalyaṃ tv atrādhikaṃ, yena vinā tasya putra-bhāvo na sambhavatīty atraiva putratāṃ manyāmaha iti putrībhūta ity asya bhāvaḥ | idaṃ prakaṭāyām eva līlāyāṃ samāhitam, aprakaṭāyāṃ tu tayor nitya- siddhatve eva purato'vadhārayiṣyamāṇe lakṣmī-viṣṇor anāditayā ādi-rasa- siddha-dāmpatyavat śrī-vrajeśvarayos tasya cānādito vatsala-rasa-siddha-pitṛ- putra-bhāvo vidyata eva | ataḥ putra-bhūta iti ca kvacit pāṭhaḥ | [Vṛ. adds here: prāg ayaṃ vasudevasya kvacij jātas tavātmajaḥ [BhP 10.8.14] ity atra satya-vacasaḥ śrī-gargasyāpy ayam abhiprāyaḥ | śrī-devakyāṃ upasaṃhara viśvātmann ado rūpam alaukikam [BhP 10.3.30] iti prārthitavatyāṃ śrī- bhagavān śrī-devakī-manasi sphurita-caraṃ samprati bahiś cāvirbhūtaṃ caturbhujatvam antarbhāvya śrī-vrajeśvarī-manasi sphuritaṃ dvibhujatvaṃ tatrāvirbhāvitavān | tasyās tvarayā manasi sphūrti-bhedaś ca tathā tathāvirbhāva-bhedād gamyate | phalena phala-kāraṇam anumīyate iti | End Vṛ. addition.] ataeva - na hy asyāsti priyaḥ kaścid [BhP 10.46.37] ity ādi prakaraṇe, -- yuvayor eva naivāyam ātmajo bhagavān hariḥ | sarveṣām ātmajo hy ātmā pitā mātā sa īśvaraḥ || [BhP 10.46.42] ity etat śrī-vrajeśvarau prati śrīmad-uddhava-vākyaṃ tad-audāsīnya- prakaṭanenāpāta-sāntvana-mātra-tātparyaka-bāhyārtham api vāstavam arthaṃ tv evaṃ vahati | pūrvokta-prakāreṇāyaṃ priyāpriyādi-mātāpitrādi- (page 75)-rahito'pi bhagavān hariḥ yaḥ so'yaṃ kṛṣṇa-rūpatvena viśeṣākāraḥ san yuvayor evātmajo naiva sarveṣām | sa eveśvara-rūpatvena sāmānyākāras tu sarveṣām ātmajādi-sarva-rūpaḥ syāt | kintu paratra māyāmayatvāt nāsmākam ādaraḥ | pūrvatra tu mumukṣu-mukta-bhakta-ślāghya- premamayatvād atyādara iti bhāvaḥ | tathoktaṃ prāg eva -- tayor itthaṃ bhagavati kṛṣṇe nanda-yaśodayoḥ | vīkṣyānurāgaṃ paramaṃ nandam āhoddhavo mudā || yuvāṃ ślāghyatamau nūnaṃ dehinām iha māna-da | nārāyaṇe 'khila-gurau yat kṛtā matir īdṛśī || [BhP 10.46.29-30] iti | tathā -- sa pitā sā ca jananī yau puṣṇītāṃ sva-putra-vat | śiśūn bandhubhir utsṛṣṭān akalpaiḥ poṣa-rakṣaṇe || [BhP 10.45.22] iti śrī-vrajeśvaraṃ prati śrī-kṛṣṇa-rāmābhyāṃ sāntvanaṃ ca | śrī-rāmasyaiva para-putram apekṣyeti jñeyam | yathoktaṃ tatraiva tena - yāta yūyaṃ vrajaṃ tāta vayaṃ ca sneha-duḥkhitān | jñātīn vo draṣṭum eṣyāmo vidhāya suhṛdāṃ sukham || [BhP 10.45.23] iti | draṣṭum eṣyāmaḥ | mama tatrāgamanasya bhavad-darśanam eva puruṣārtha ity anena yuṣmān apaśyanta eva sthāsyāma ity arthaḥ | [Vṛ. addition: yad vā tathāpi bhūman mahimā-guṇasya te viboddhum arhati [BhP 10.14.6] ity atra viboddhuṃ bodha-gocarī-bhavitum itivad draṣṭuṃ darśana-gocarī-bhavitum ity arthaḥ | tatra hetuḥ - jñātīn iti | End Vṛ. addition.] tasmād anayor eva mukhyaṃ putratvaṃ śrī-kṛṣṇe virājate iti siddham | prakṛtam anusarāmaḥ | gopa-gopīnām api tasmin premāsīd eva | dampatyos tayos tu tāsv api nitarām āsīd iti | upasaṃharati -- kṛṣṇo brahmaṇa ādeśaṃ satyaṃ kartuṃ vraje vibhuḥ | saha-rāmo vasaṃś cakre teṣāṃ prītiṃ sva-līlayā || [BhP 10.8.52] sveṣu bhakta-jana-viśeṣeṣu yā līlā tad-bhakti-viśeṣa-vaśa-līlā-viśeṣas tayaiva teṣāṃ sarveṣām api prītiṃ cakre | dvāv api tau prati tena vara-dānād iti bhāvaḥ | yadyapy evaṃ tathāpi brahmaṇa ādeśaṃ satyaṃ kartṛ mahad-āśīr anyathā na syād iti darśayitum apīty arthaḥ | yad vā sva-līlayā teṣāṃ prītiṃ kartuṃ vraje vasan brahmaṇa ādeśaṃ satyaṃ cakre | tad anuṣaṅgataḥ svayam ādṛtya sarvatrāvyabhicāriṇaṃ cakāreti | || 10.8 || śrī-śukaḥ || 146-150 || [151-152] tad etat kāraṇaṃ tad-ābhāsam eva manyamānas tayor brahmādibhyo'pi saubhāgyātiśayasya khyāpanārtham anantaram eva ekadā gṛha-dāsīṣu [BhP 10.9.1] ity ādy-adhyāyam ārabdhavān | tatraiva ca sākṣāc chrī-bhagavad- bandhana-rūpa-mahā-vaśīkaraṇa-kāraṇa-vātsalyam api viditaṃ, tena brahmaṇo'pi śiva-lakṣmībhyām api durlabhaṃ bhagavat-prasāda-bharam āha nemaṃ viriñco na bhavo na śrīr apy aṅga-saṃśrayā | prasādaṃ lebhire gopī yat tat prāpa vimuktidāt || [BhP 10.9.20] sa ādidevo jagatāṃ puro gurur [BhP 2.9.5] ity ukteḥ viriñcis tāvad bhaktādi- guruḥ | (page 76) sa ca bhavas tu vaiṣṇavānāṃ yathā śambhuḥ [BhP 12.13.16] ity ādi-darśanāt tato'py utkarṣavān | sā ca śrīs tu tayor api bhagavad-bhakti- śikṣā-nidarśana-prathama-rūpatvāt paramotkarṣavatī | tad evam uttarottara- vinyāsena yathottara-mahimānaṃ sūcayitvā śrīs tu na kevalaṃ bhakti-mātreṇa tādṛśy eva | kiṃ tarhi parama-sakhyena tato'py anirvacanīya-māhātmyety āha | aṅga-saṃśrayeti | evaṃbhūtāpi sā ca prasādaṃ lebhire eva | kasmāt ? vimuktidāt - astv evam aṅga bhajatāṃ bhagavān mukundo muktiṃ dadāti karhicit sma na bhakti-yogam | [BhP 5.6.18] ity ukta-rītyā prāyo vimuktim eva dadāti na tu tathābhūtaṃ prasādaṃ, tasmāt śrī-bhagavata eva kintu gopī śrī-gopeśvarī yat tad anirvacanīyaṃ prasāda- śabdenāpi vaktuṃ śaṅkanīyaṃ, tasmāt prāpa, tad-rūpa-prasādaṃ viriñciś ca bhavaś ca śrīś ca na lebhire na lebhire ne lebhire ity arthaḥ | lebhire ity asya pratyekaṃ nañ-trayeṇānvayaḥ | nañas trir-āvṛttiś ca niṣedhasyātiśayārthā | pūrvottarādhyāya-dvaye śr-bādarāyaṇer vivakṣitam idam | droṇa-dharayos tāvat sādhāraṇa-devatātvaṃ cet tarhi tayoḥ śrī-śivādi-durlabha- caraṇāravinda-sphūrti-leśasya śrī-kṛṣṇasya tathā prāptau svataḥ sambhāvanā nāsti | na ca tayos tādṛśa-gāḍha-bhajanādikaṃ kutracid varṇyate | anyathā tad evāham ākhyāsyam | na ca tābhyāṃ yad īdṛśaṃ phalaṃ labdhaṃ tad brahmaṇi pūrvaṃ prārthitaṃ, kintu durgati-taraṇa-hetutvenottama-bhakti-mātram | na ca brahmāpi śrī-kṛṣṇasya mahā-bhaktair api durlabha-putratvādikaṃ viśiṣya tābhyāṃ varaṃ dattavān | na ca nemaṃ viriñciḥ ity ādinocyamāna-tādṛśa- prasādāpti-rāhityasya brahmaṇo varas tādṛśa-phala-dāne bhavati samarthaḥ | vakṣyate ca tat-prasādāpti-rāhityātiśayaḥ | tad bhūri-bhāgyam iha janma kim apy aṭavyāṃ yad gokule'pi katamāṅghri-rajo'bhiṣekam [BhP 10.14.34] ity ādinā | tasmāt tayos tādṛśa-mahodaye kāraṇaṃ nāsti kintu niṣkāraṇatvena tayor nityām eva tādṛśīṃ sthitiṃ vijñāya mayā śrī-bhagaval-līlayaiva [Vṛ. adds: sva-bhakti-viśeṣa-pracāra-kāraṇaka-śrī-bhagavad-icchayaiva end addition.] droṇa-dharā-rūpeṇāṃśenaivāvatīrṇayor aikya-vivakṣayā yathā kathañcit kāraṇābhāsa evopanyasta iti | kiṃ ca śrīmad-bhāgavate'smin śrī- bhagavat-premaiva sarva-puruṣārtha-śiromaṇitvenodghuṣyate | tasya ca paramāśraya-rūpaṃ śrī-gokulam eva | tatrāpi śrī-vrajeśvarau | tatas tat paramāśraya-nityatve siddha eva tādṛśa-grantha-prayatnaḥ sakalaḥ syāt | yata eva śrī-brahmādibhis tatra yat kiñcij janma prārthyate iti | tasmāt svābhāviky eva tayos tādṛśī sthitir iti pratipādayaṃs tat-sambandhenaiva bhajatāṃ sukhāpo nānyeṣām ity āha -- nāyaṃ sukhāpo bhagavān dehināṃ gopikā-sutaḥ | jñānināṃ cātma-bhūtānāṃ yathā bhaktimatām iha || [BhP 10.9.21] sukhenāpyata iti sukhāpaḥ | ayaṃ śrī-gopikā-sutaḥ bhagavān dehināṃ dehābhimānināṃ tapa-ādinā na sukhāpaḥ na sulabhaḥ kintu tair aticireṇaiva tena śuddhe'ntaḥkaraṇe kathañcid (page 77) bhaktāvalokana-leśena jāta-sad- buddhibhis tad eva tapa-ādikaṃ tasminn arpayadbhiḥ kathañcid evāsau labhyate | tathā ātma-bhūtānām āvirbhūtādvaita-vṛttīnāṃ nivṛtta- dehābhimānānāṃ jñāninām api tādṛśena jñānena na sukhāpaḥ kintu pūrveṇaiva karaṇena jāta-tad-āsattibhis tena jñānena yad brahma sphurati tad evāyam iti cintayadbhis taiḥ kathañcid evāsau labhyate | tataś ca dvayor api tayoḥ sādhanayor hīnatvāt tal-lābhaś ca na sākṣāt kintu kenacid aṃśena vyañjitam te prāpnuvanti mām eva sarva-bhūta-hite ratāḥ [Gītā 12.4], kleśo'dhikataras teṣām avyaktāsakta-cetasām [Gītā 12.5] iti śrī-bhagavad- ukteḥ | śābde pare brahmaṇi dharmato vrataiḥ snātasya me nyūnam alaṃ vicakṣva [BhP 1.5.7] iti śrī-vyāsa-praśnānantarāt | bhavatānudita-prāyaṃ yaśo bhagavato 'malam | yenaivāsau na tuṣyeta manye tad darśanaṃ khilam || [BhP 1.5.8] iti śrī-nārada-prativacanāc ca | sukhāpas tu keṣām ity apekṣāyāṃ nidarśanam āha - iha gopikā-sute bhaktimatāṃ yathā [Vṛ edition here adds: tathā ca śrī-brahmoktiḥ - jñāne prayāsam udapāsya [BhP 10.14.3] ity ādi, śrī- nāradoktiś ca yajate yajña-puruṣaṃ sa samyag-darśanaḥ pumān [BhP 1.5.38] iti | Vṛ addition ends.] sukhāpa iti śrī-gopikāyās tu sukhāpa iti kiṃ vaktavyam | tasyāḥ suta evāyaṃ bhagavān ity ato gopikā-suta iti viśeṣaṇaṃ dattam | sukham āpayatīti vā sukhāpaḥ | yataś cāyaṃ na dehābhimānināṃ sukhāpaḥ yato gopikāsutas tat-sutatva-līlāyāḥ sva-sādhāraṇa-dṛṣṭyānādarāt | tathā jñāninām api na sukhāpaḥ yato gopikāsutaḥ sarvātmaika-vṛtty-udayena bhagavat-svarūpānanda-vaicitrī-sāroparicara-tal-līlā-tattvānubhavāt | yatheha śrī-gopikā-sute bhaktimatām iti nidarśanam | sukhenāpyate jñāyate iti vā sukhāpaḥ subodhaḥ | tataś cāyaṃ dehābhimānibhis [Vṛ. addition] tarkādinā na subodhaḥ | tathā jñānibhir api jñānena na subodhaḥ | tatra pūrvavad dhetur gopikā-suta iti | dehebhiḥ dehābhimānibhir api | [end Vṛ. addition] tat-tad-alaukika-karma-liṅgakāt tarkāt jñānibhir apy anāvṛta-brahmatvāvagamāt subodha eva | satyaṃ tathāpi yatheha śrī-gopikā-sute bhaktimadbhiḥ subodhas tathā na | te hi śrī-kṛṣṇa- bhaktāḥ sva-sukha-nibhṛta-cetās tad-vyudastāny abhāvo'py ajita-rucira- līlākṛṣṭa-sāraḥ [BhP 12.12.69] ity ādi-darśanāt tādṛśa-līlānubhavasyaiva parama-puruṣārthatvam avagacchantīti bhāvaḥ | atrārtha-trayo'pīha-padena śrī-paravyoma-nāthādi-bhaktimanto'pi vyāvṛttāḥ | gopikā-suta iti viśeṣaṇena ca traikālika-tad-bhaktānāṃ tat-sambandhi-sukhāpatvaṃ prati tat-sutatvāyoga- tad-anyatva-yogau vyavacchidyete | ity ato vidvad-anubhava-yāthārthyena nitya eva tat-sambandho vivakṣitaḥ | (page 78) ataevāyaṃ gopikā-suta iti svayam api sākṣād aṅgulyā nirdiśyate | tasmād api sādhūktaṃ nitya eva śrī-vrajeśvarayos tat-sambandha iti | atra ekadā gṛha- dāsīṣu [BhP 10.9.1] ity ādikam, nemaṃ viriñcaḥ [BhP 10.9.20] ity ādi padya- dvayāntam idam uttara-vākyaṃ, droṇo vasūnāṃ pravaraḥ [BhP 10.8.48] ity ādikasya pūrva-vākyasya bādhakatvenaivoktaṃ, pūrva-virodha-dharmāntara- pratipādanād ayuktatvāc ca pūrvasya asad-vyapadeśān neti cen na dharmāntareṇa vākya-śeṣād [Vs 2.1.17] itivat | tatra ca yathivāsac-chabdasya gaty-antaraṃ cintyate tathātrāpi | tac ca pūrvam eva darśitaṃ pūrvottarādhyāya-dvaye bādarāyaṇe vivakṣitam idam ārabhya prakaraṇena | || 10.8 || śrī-śukaḥ || 151-152 ||
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1 Nanda and Yasoda are actually the eternal parents of Sri Krsna in the spiritual world. Now that we have clearly demonstrated this fact, we shall explain that such an intimate relationship with Sri Krsna can only be obtained by those engaged in devotional service to the Lord. It cannot be obtained by anyone else. That Lord Krsna may be attained only by devotional service is described in the following verse (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.9.21): “The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, the son of mother Yasoda, is accessible to devotees engaged in spontaneous loving service, but He is not as easily accessible to mental speculators, to those striving for self-realisation by severe austerities and penances, or those who consider the body the same as the self.”* 2 This verse explains that the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, the son of Mother Yasoda, is not easily accessible to the materialists, who consider the body the same as the self, even if they perform austerities and other similar practices to attain Him. Such persons may become somewhat purified at heart by prolonged austerities, and after a long time they may receive the merciful glance of a pure devotee of the Lord. By the mercy of such a devotee, the materialist may learn how to offer his performance of austerities and other spiritual practices as service to the Lord, and in that way Lord Krsna may become accessible to him. In the same way, Lord Krsna is also not easily accessible to the mental speculators who are from the bodily conception of life and who meditate on the impersonal Brahman. Only by the mercy of a devotee of the Lord can such speculators actually perceive the real nature of the Absolute Truth, and direct their meditation to Lord Krsna. These two processes (austerity and mental speculation) do not enable us to directly perceive the original feature of the Absolute Truth, but give us only a glimpse of His nature. 3 This is confirmed by the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself (Bhagavad-gita 12.4-5): “But those who fully worship the unmanifested, that which lies beyond the perception of the senses, the all-pervading, inconceivable, fixed, and immovable - the impersonal conception of the Absolute Truth - by controlling the various senses and being equally disposed to everyone, such persons, engaged in the welfare of all, at last achieve Me.* “For those whose minds are attached to the unmanifested, impersonal feature of the Supreme, advancement is very troublesome. To make progress in that discipline is always difficult for those who are embodied.”* 4 The superiority of devotional service and the inferiority of other methods of spiritual realisation is confirmed in the following question posed by Srila Vyasadeva and the answer is given by Narada Muni (Srimad Bhagavatam 1.5.7-8): “Like the sun, Your Goodness can travel everywhere in the three worlds, and like the air you can penetrate the internal region of everyone. As such, you are as good as the all-pervasive Supersoul. Please, therefore, find out the deficiency in me, despite my being absorbed in transcendence under disciplinary regulations and vows.* “Sri Narada said: You have not actually broadcast the sublime and spotless glories of the Personality of Godhead. That philosophy which does not satisfy the transcendental senses of the Lord is considered worthless.”* 5 One may ask: Who, then, is able to attain Sri Krsna? This question is answered by the word ‘bhaktimatam’ (by the devotees) in this verse. The Supreme Personality of Godhead (bhagavan), who is known as the son of Yasoda-devi (gopika-sutah) is attainable by Mother Yasoda, and the other devotees. What more need be said in this regard? The word ‘sukhapah’ may also be interpreted to mean ‘the object of happiness’. This means that Sri Krsna appeared to be an ordinary child, the son of Yasoda-devi. Thinking of Krsna as her own son, Yasoda attained transcendental bliss by observing Sri Krsna’s charming childhood pastimes. The mental speculators are always absorbed in meditation on the all-pervading impersonal feature of the Lord, and are thus unable to understand the transcendental happiness obtained by seeing the astonishing and beautiful transcendental form and pastimes of the Supreme Person. 6 The word ‘sukhapah’ may also be interpreted to mean ‘easily understood’. When Sri Krsna performs extraordinary feats (such as the lifting of Govardhana Hill), the mental speculators and materialists immersed in the bodily concept of life become able to understand that Sri Krsna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The intimate devotees and associates of the Lord, however, continue to consider the Lord to be their friend or son, and thus, in one sense, it is difficult for them to understand the true position of the Lord, because of their intimate friendship with Him. 7 The devotees of the Lord are thus perfectly enlightened about the real purpose of life, and they are plunged in transcendental bliss (sukhapa) because of their awareness of the Lord’s transcendental handsome form and charming pastimes. This is described in Srimad Bhagavatam (12.12.69): “Srila Sukadeva Gosvami was simply attracted by the charming pastimes of Lord Krsna, and therefore his mind was always filled with transcendental bliss. He had given up all attraction for everything else.” 8 Three points may be noted in this verse. First, the word ‘iha’ (here) may be understood to mean specifically the devotee attached to the form of Sri Krsna. In this way the devotees attached to the Lord in His other forms, such as Narayana, the master of Vaikuntha, are also considered to be unable to understand the Lord in His original form as Sri Krsna. The second and third points are that the conceptions that Sri Krsna is only the adopted son of Yasoda, and that instead He is the actual son of Devaki, are both refuted by the use of the word ‘gopika-sutah’. That Nanda and Yasoda, the king and queen of Vrajabhumi, are the eternal parents of Sri Krsna is the true meaning of this word (gopika sutah). This point is also supported by the great self-realised devotees who understand the true nature of Sri Krsna. 9 In Srimad Bhagavatam 10.9.1-20 we find an explanation of Nanda and Yasoda’s eternal parenthood of Sri Krsna, and in Srimad Bhagavatam 10.8.49, we find the explanation of Nanda and Yasoda’s previous birth as Drona and Dhara. The seeming contradiction of these two statements may be resolved by accepting the explanation that Drona and Dhara are partial incarnations of Nanda and Yasoda, the Lord’s eternal parents in the spiritual world. We may also note that the description of the eternal parenthood of Nanda and Yasoda is given after the description of their previous birth as Drona and Dhara. In there are two contradictory statements in the scriptures, the second statement should be accepted, and the previous statement should be interpreted so that it does not contradict the later statement. This rule of interpretation is expressed in the Vedanta-sutra in the following words (2.1.17):
Kṛṣṇa · Sanskrit §153 · English §153
Source[१५३] तद् एवं श्रुति-पुराणादि-निगमोक्त्य्-अनुसारेण श्री-कृष्णस्य नित्याभिव्यक्तित्वं द्वारकादिषु नित्य-विहारित्वं नित्य-यादवादि-परिकरत्वं च दर्शितम् । इत्थम् एव च कृष्णस् तु भगवान् स्वयम् इति सुसिद्धम् । अथाशङ्कते - यदि नित्यम् एव तथाविधः श्री-कृष्णाख्यः स्वयं भगवान् तत्र तत्र एतैर् निज-परिकरैः सार्धं विहरति तर्हि ब्रह्मादि-प्रार्थनया श्री-नारायण एतावततारेति श्रूयते । तस्य यदि श्री-कृष्णे प्रवेशः तर्हि च कथं नित्यम् एव द्वारकादिषु विराजमानं स्वयं भगवन्तं परित्यज्य ते तस्मै निवेदयितुं गताः । कथं वा जन्मादि-लीलया क्रमेण मथुरां गोकुलं पुनर् मथुरां द्वारकां च त्यक्त्वा वैकुण्ठम् आरूढवान् इति । अत्रेदम् उच्यते -- यो द्वारकादौ नित्यं विहरति स श्री-कृष्णाख्यः स्वयं भगवान् परात्परो ब्रह्मादिष्व् अप्रकट एव प्रायशः । यस् तु क्षीरोदादि- लीला-धामा नारायणादि-नामा पुरुषः स एव विष्णु-रूपः साक्षाद् वा निजांशेन वा तेषु प्रकटः सन् ब्रह्माण्ड-पालनादि-कर्तेत्य् उक्तम् एव । तत्र ब्रह्माण्डाधिकारिणो ब्रह्मादयोऽपि ब्रह्माण्ड-कार्यं तस्मा एव निवेदयितुम् अर्हन्ति । ततस् तदापि तस्मा एव पृथिवी-भारावताराय निवेदितवन्तः । अनन्तरं सोऽपि पुरुषस् तान् प्रति केश-दर्शनेन स यावद् उर्व्यां भरम् ईश्वरेश्वरः [भ्प् १०.१.२२] इत्य् आदि-वाक्येन च स्वयं भगवत एवावतार-समयोऽयम् इति सूचयित्वा स्वयम् अप्य् अवतितीर्षां चकार । सा चावतितीर्षा पूर्व-युक्त्या प्रकटीभवति स्वयं भगवति प्रवेशायैव । तदेदं वैकुण्ठाद्य्-आरोहणम् अपि तत्-तद्-अंशेनैव । स्वयं तु तत्र तत्रैव पुनर् निगूढं लीलायते । अत्रोदाहृतं तन्त्र-भागवतादि-वाक्यं वाराहादि- वाक्यं चानुसन्धेयम् । उदाहरिष्यते च नित्यं सन्निहितस् तत्र भगवान् मधुसूदनः [भ्प् ११.३१.२४] इत्य् आदिकम् । एष चाभिसन्धिर् न सर्वैर् एवावबुध्यतेति । यथ स्व-स्व-दृष्टम् एव मुनिभिस् तादृग् वर्ण्यते । यथा समुद्र-तीर-स्थ- दृष्ट्यैव अद्भुतो वा एष प्रातर् उदेत्य् अपः सायं प्रविशति इति श्रुतिः । प्रवर्तते न तु वस्तुत इति प्राञ्चः । यदि तत्र सुमेरु-परिक्रमादि- वाक्येनान्यथा गतिः क्रियते तदात्रापि स्वयं भगवत्ता-नित्य-विहारितादि- प्रतिपादक-वाक्येन कथं नाम न क्रियताम् । तथा मथुरादि- परित्यागाद्य्-उक्तिर् अवतारे प्रापञ्चिक-जन-प्रकट-लीलापेक्षयैव । तद्- अप्रकटा तु लीला नित्यम् एव विद्यते एव । तस्मान् नित्यत्वेन जन्मादिमयत्वेन च लीला-प्रतिपादकानां वाक्यानां समन्वय-स्वारस्याद् इदं लभ्यते । यथा य एव श्री-कृष्णस् तत्र तत्र नित्यम् अप्रकटो विहरति स एव स्वयं जन्मादि-लीलया प्रकटो भवति । तत्र नारायणादयोऽपि प्रविशन्तीति सर्वं शान्तम् । तद् एवं तत्र श्री-कृष्ण-लीला द्विविधा अप्रकट-रूपा प्रकट-रूपा च । प्रापञ्चिक-लोकाप्रकटत्वात् तत्-प्रकटत्वाच् च । तत्राप्रकटा - (पगे ७९) यत्रासौ संस्थितः कृष्णस् त्रिभिः शक्त्या समाहितः । रामानिरुद्ध-प्रद्युम्नै रुक्मिण्या सहितो विभुः ॥ [ग्तु २.३६] इति । मथुरा-तत्त्व-प्रतिपादक-श्री-गोपाल-तापन्य्-आदौ - चिन्तामणि-प्रकर- सद्मसु-कल्प-वृक्ष [भ्प् ५.४०] इत्य् आदि वृन्दावन-तत्त्व-प्रतिपादक-ब्रह्म- संहितादौ च प्रकट-लीलातः किञ्चिद् विलक्षणत्वेन दृष्टा, प्रापञ्चिक-लोकैस् तद्-वस्तुभिश् चामिश्रा, कालवद्-आदि-मध्यावसान-परिच्छेद-रहित-स्व- प्रवाहा, यादवेन्द्रत्व-व्रज-युवराजत्वाद्य्-उचिताहरहर्-महा- सभोपवेश-गोचारण-विनोदादि-लक्षणा । प्रकट-रूपा तु श्री-विग्रहवत् कालादिभिर् अपरिच्छेद्यैव सती भगवद्-इच्छात्मक-स्वरूप-शक्त्यैव लब्धारम्भ-समापना प्रापञ्चिकाप्रापञ्चिक-लोक-वस्तु-संवलिता तदीय- जन्मादि-लक्षणा । तत्राप्रकटा द्विविधा । मन्त्रोपासनामयी स्वारसिकी च । प्रथमा यथा तत्-तद्-एकतर-स्थानादि-नियत-स्थितिका तत्-तन्-मन्त्र-ध्यान-मयी । यथा बृहद्-ध्यान-रत्नाभिषेकादि-प्रस्तावः क्रम-दीपिकायाम् । यथा वा -- अथ ध्यानं प्रवक्ष्यामि सर्व-पाप-प्रणाशनम् । पीताम्बर-धरं कृष्णं पुण्डरीक-निभेक्षणम् ॥ इत्य् आदि गौतमीय- तन्त्रे । यथा वा - वेणुं क्वणन्तम् अरविन्द-दलायताक्षम्- बर्हावतंसम् असिताम्बुद-सुन्दराङ्गम् । कन्दर्प-कोटि-कमनीय-विशेष-शोभं गोविन्दम् आदि-पुरुषं तम् अहं भजामि ॥ आलोल-चन्द्रक-लसद्-वनमाल्य-वंशी- रत्नाङ्गदं प्रणय-केलि-कला-विलासम् । श्यामं त्रि-भङ्ग-ललितं नियत-प्रकाशं गोविन्दम् आदि-पुरुषं तम् अहं भजामि ॥ इति ब्रह्म-संहितायाम् [५.३९-४०] । होमस् तु पूर्ववत् कार्यो गोविन्द-प्रीतये ततः इत्य्-आद्य्-अनन्तरं - गोविन्दं मनसा ध्यायेत् गवां मध्ये स्थितं शुभम् । बर्हापीडक-संयुक्तं वेणु-वादन-तत्-परम् ॥ गोपी-जनैः परिवृतं वन्य-पुष्पावतंसकम् ॥ इति बोधायन-कर्म-विपाक- प्रायश्चित्त-स्मृतौ । तद् उ होवाच हैरण्यो गोप-वेशम् अभ्राभं तरुणं कल्प-द्रुमाश्रितम् । तदिह श्लोका भवन्ति -- सत्-पुण्डरीक-नयनं मेघाभं वैद्युताम्बरम् । द्वि-भुजं मौन-मुद्राढ्यं वनमालिनमीश्वरम् ॥ गोप-गोपी-गवावीतं सुर-द्रुम-तलाश्रितम् । दिव्यालङ्करणोपेतं रक्त-पङ्कज-मध्यगम् ॥ कालिन्दी-जल-कल्लोल-सङ्गि-मारुत-सेवितम् । चिन्तयंश् चेतसा कृष्णं मुक्तो भवति संसृतेः ॥ इति श्री-गोपाल-तापन्याम् [१.११-१५] - गोविन्दं गोकुलानन्दं सच्-चिद्-आनन्द- विग्रहम् [ग्तु १.३७] इत्य् आदि च । या तु तत्-तत्-कामनात्मक-प्रयोग-मयी पूतना-वधादि-रूपा यद्-यद्- धिया त उरुगाय विभावयन्ति तत्-तद्-वपुः प्रणयसे सद्-अनुग्रहाय [भ्प् ३.९.११] इत्य् उक्तानुसारेणाद्यापि साधक-हृदि कदाचित् साम्प्रतीव स्फुरति सा खलु मन्त्रोपासनामयीत्वेऽपि स्वारसिक्याम् एव पर्यवस्यति अतीतत्वेन सर्वत्र निर्दिष्टत्वात् । अथ स्वारसिकी च यथोदाहृतम् एव स्कान्दे -- वत्सैर् वत्सतरीभिश् च सदा क्रीडति माधवः । वृन्दावनान्तरगतः स-रामो बालकैः सह ॥ इत्य् आदि । तत्र च-कारात् श्री-गोपेन्द्रादयो गृह्यन्ते । राम- (पगे ८०) -शब्देन रोहिण्य् अपि । तथा तेनैव क्रीडतीत्य् आदिना व्रजागमन-शयनादि-लीलापि । क्रीडा- शब्दस्य विहारार्थत्वाद् विहारस्य नाना-स्थानानुसारण-रूपत्वाद् एक- स्थान-निष्ठाया मन्त्रोपासनामय्या भिद्यतेऽसौ । यथावसर-विविध- स्वेच्छामयी स्वारसिकी । एवं ब्रह्म-संहितायाम् -- चिन्तामणि-प्रकर-सद्मसु कल्प-वृक्ष- लक्षावृतेषु सुरभिर् अभिपालयन्तम् लक्ष्मी-सहस्र-शत-सम्भ्रम-सेव्यमानं गोविन्दम् आदि-पुरुषं तम् अहं भजामि ॥ [ब्रह्मस् ५.२८] इति । अत्र कथा गानं नात्यं गमनम् अपि वंशी [ब्रह्मस् ५.५२] इत्य् अत्रानुसन्धेयम् । तत्र नाना-लीला-प्रवाह-रूपतया स्वारसिकी गङ्गेव । एकैक-लीलात्मतया मन्त्रोपासनामयी तु लब्ध-तत्-सम्भव-ह्रद-श्रेणिर् इव ज्ञेया । किं च मन्त्रोपासनामय्याम् अपि व्रज-राजादि-सम्बन्धः श्रूयते किम् उत स्वारसिक्याम् इति न कुत्रापि तद्-रहितता कल्पनीया । तद् एतत् सर्वं मूल-प्रमाणेऽपि दृश्यते । तत्र प्रकट-रूपा विस्पष्टैव । अथाप्रकटायां मन्त्रोपासना-मयीम् आह -- मां केशवो गदया प्रातर् अव्याद् गोविन्द आसङ्गवम् आत्त-वेणुः । [भ्प् ६.८.२] इति । आत्त-वेणुर् इति विशेषेण गोविन्दः श्री-वृन्दावन-मथुरा-प्रसिद्ध-महा- योग-पीठयोस् तन्-नाम्नैव सहितौ प्रसिद्धौ । तौ च तत्र तत्र प्रापञ्चिक-लोक-दृष्ट्यां श्रीमत्-प्रतिमाकारेणाभातः स्वजन-दृष्ट्यां साक्षाद्-रूप-वृन्द-प्रकरण एव एतौ पठितौ । ततश् च नारायण- वर्माख्य-मन्त्रोपास्य-देवतात्वेन (श्री-गोपाल-तापन्यादि-प्रसिद्ध- स्वतन्त्र-मन्त्रान्तरोपास्य-देवतात्वेन) च मन्त्रोपासना-मय्याम् इदम् उदाहृतम् ॥ ॥ ६.८ ॥ विश्वरूप इन्द्रम् ॥ १५३ ॥
[153] tad evaṃ śruti-purāṇādi-nigamokty-anusāreṇa śrī-kṛṣṇasya nityābhivyaktitvaṃ dvārakādiṣu nitya-vihāritvaṃ nitya-yādavādi-parikaratvaṃ ca darśitam | ittham eva ca kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam iti susiddham | athāśaṅkate - yadi nityam eva tathāvidhaḥ śrī-kṛṣṇākhyaḥ svayaṃ bhagavān tatra tatra etair nija-parikaraiḥ sārdhaṃ viharati tarhi brahmādi-prārthanayā śrī-nārāyaṇa etāvatatāreti śrūyate | tasya yadi śrī-kṛṣṇe praveśaḥ tarhi ca kathaṃ nityam eva dvārakādiṣu virājamānaṃ svayaṃ bhagavantaṃ parityajya te tasmai nivedayituṃ gatāḥ | kathaṃ vā janmādi-līlayā krameṇa mathurāṃ gokulaṃ punar mathurāṃ dvārakāṃ ca tyaktvā vaikuṇṭham ārūḍhavān iti | atredam ucyate -- yo dvārakādau nityaṃ viharati sa śrī-kṛṣṇākhyaḥ svayaṃ bhagavān parātparo brahmādiṣv aprakaṭa eva prāyaśaḥ | yas tu kṣīrodādi- līlā-dhāmā nārāyaṇādi-nāmā puruṣaḥ sa eva viṣṇu-rūpaḥ sākṣād vā nijāṃśena vā teṣu prakaṭaḥ san brahmāṇḍa-pālanādi-kartety uktam eva | tatra brahmāṇḍādhikāriṇo brahmādayo'pi brahmāṇḍa-kāryaṃ tasmā eva nivedayitum arhanti | tatas tadāpi tasmā eva pṛthivī-bhārāvatārāya niveditavantaḥ | anantaraṃ so'pi puruṣas tān prati keśa-darśanena sa yāvad urvyāṃ bharam īśvareśvaraḥ [BhP 10.1.22] ity ādi-vākyena ca svayaṃ bhagavata evāvatāra-samayo'yam iti sūcayitvā svayam apy avatitīrṣāṃ cakāra | sā cāvatitīrṣā pūrva-yuktyā prakaṭībhavati svayaṃ bhagavati praveśāyaiva | tadedaṃ vaikuṇṭhādy-ārohaṇam api tat-tad-aṃśenaiva | svayaṃ tu tatra tatraiva punar nigūḍhaṃ līlāyate | atrodāhṛtaṃ tantra-bhāgavatādi-vākyaṃ vārāhādi- vākyaṃ cānusandheyam | udāhariṣyate ca nityaṃ sannihitas tatra bhagavān madhusūdanaḥ [BhP 11.31.24] ity ādikam | eṣa cābhisandhir na sarvair evāvabudhyateti | yatha sva-sva-dṛṣṭam eva munibhis tādṛg varṇyate | yathā samudra-tīra-stha- dṛṣṭyaiva adbhuto vā eṣa prātar udety apaḥ sāyaṃ praviśati iti śrutiḥ | pravartate na tu vastuta iti prāñcaḥ | yadi tatra sumeru-parikramādi- vākyenānyathā gatiḥ kriyate tadātrāpi svayaṃ bhagavattā-nitya-vihāritādi- pratipādaka-vākyena kathaṃ nāma na kriyatām | tathā mathurādi- parityāgādy-uktir avatāre prāpañcika-jana-prakaṭa-līlāpekṣayaiva | tad- aprakaṭā tu līlā nityam eva vidyate eva | tasmān nityatvena janmādimayatvena ca līlā-pratipādakānāṃ vākyānāṃ samanvaya-svārasyād idaṃ labhyate | yathā ya eva śrī-kṛṣṇas tatra tatra nityam aprakaṭo viharati sa eva svayaṃ janmādi-līlayā prakaṭo bhavati | tatra nārāyaṇādayo'pi praviśantīti sarvaṃ śāntam | tad evaṃ tatra śrī-kṛṣṇa-līlā dvividhā aprakaṭa-rūpā prakaṭa-rūpā ca | prāpañcika-lokāprakaṭatvāt tat-prakaṭatvāc ca | tatrāprakaṭā - (page 79) yatrāsau saṃsthitaḥ kṛṣṇas tribhiḥ śaktyā samāhitaḥ | rāmāniruddha-pradyumnai rukmiṇyā sahito vibhuḥ || [GTU 2.36] iti | mathurā-tattva-pratipādaka-śrī-gopāla-tāpany-ādau - cintāmaṇi-prakara- sadmasu-kalpa-vṛkṣa [BhP 5.40] ity ādi vṛndāvana-tattva-pratipādaka-brahma- saṃhitādau ca prakaṭa-līlātaḥ kiñcid vilakṣaṇatvena dṛṣṭā, prāpañcika-lokais tad-vastubhiś cāmiśrā, kālavad-ādi-madhyāvasāna-pariccheda-rahita-sva- pravāhā, yādavendratva-vraja-yuvarājatvādy-ucitāharahar-mahā- sabhopaveśa-gocāraṇa-vinodādi-lakṣaṇā | prakaṭa-rūpā tu śrī-vigrahavat kālādibhir aparicchedyaiva satī bhagavad-icchātmaka-svarūpa-śaktyaiva labdhārambha-samāpanā prāpañcikāprāpañcika-loka-vastu-saṃvalitā tadīya- janmādi-lakṣaṇā | tatrāprakaṭā dvividhā | mantropāsanāmayī svārasikī ca | prathamā yathā tat-tad-ekatara-sthānādi-niyata-sthitikā tat-tan-mantra-dhyāna-mayī | yathā bṛhad-dhyāna-ratnābhiṣekādi-prastāvaḥ krama-dīpikāyām | yathā vā -- atha dhyānaṃ pravakṣyāmi sarva-pāpa-praṇāśanam | pītāmbara-dharaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ puṇḍarīka-nibhekṣaṇam || ity ādi gautamīya- tantre | yathā vā - veṇuṃ kvaṇantam aravinda-dalāyatākṣam- barhāvataṃsam asitāmbuda-sundarāṅgam | kandarpa-koṭi-kamanīya-viśeṣa-śobhaṃ govindam ādi-puruṣaṃ tam ahaṃ bhajāmi || ālola-candraka-lasad-vanamālya-vaṃśī- ratnāṅgadaṃ praṇaya-keli-kalā-vilāsam | śyāmaṃ tri-bhaṅga-lalitaṃ niyata-prakāśaṃ govindam ādi-puruṣaṃ tam ahaṃ bhajāmi || iti brahma-saṃhitāyām [5.39-40] | homas tu pūrvavat kāryo govinda-prītaye tataḥ ity-ādy-anantaraṃ - govindaṃ manasā dhyāyet gavāṃ madhye sthitaṃ śubham | barhāpīḍaka-saṃyuktaṃ veṇu-vādana-tat-param || gopī-janaiḥ parivṛtaṃ vanya-puṣpāvataṃsakam || iti bodhāyana-karma-vipāka- prāyaścitta-smṛtau | tad u hovāca hairaṇyo gopa-veśam abhrābhaṃ taruṇaṃ kalpa-drumāśritam | tadiha ślokā bhavanti -- sat-puṇḍarīka-nayanaṃ meghābhaṃ vaidyutāmbaram | dvi-bhujaṃ mauna-mudrāḍhyaṃ vanamālinamīśvaram || gopa-gopī-gavāvītaṃ sura-druma-talāśritam | divyālaṅkaraṇopetaṃ rakta-paṅkaja-madhyagam || kālindī-jala-kallola-saṅgi-māruta-sevitam | cintayaṃś cetasā kṛṣṇaṃ mukto bhavati saṃsṛteḥ || iti śrī-gopāla-tāpanyām [1.11-15] - govindaṃ gokulānandaṃ sac-cid-ānanda- vigraham [GTU 1.37] ity ādi ca | yā tu tat-tat-kāmanātmaka-prayoga-mayī pūtanā-vadhādi-rūpā yad-yad- dhiyā ta urugāya vibhāvayanti tat-tad-vapuḥ praṇayase sad-anugrahāya [BhP 3.9.11] ity uktānusāreṇādyāpi sādhaka-hṛdi kadācit sāmpratīva sphurati sā khalu mantropāsanāmayītve'pi svārasikyām eva paryavasyati atītatvena sarvatra nirdiṣṭatvāt | atha svārasikī ca yathodāhṛtam eva skānde -- vatsair vatsatarībhiś ca sadā krīḍati mādhavaḥ | vṛndāvanāntaragataḥ sa-rāmo bālakaiḥ saha || ity ādi | tatra ca-kārāt śrī-gopendrādayo gṛhyante | rāma- (page 80) -śabdena rohiṇy api | tathā tenaiva krīḍatīty ādinā vrajāgamana-śayanādi-līlāpi | krīḍā- śabdasya vihārārthatvād vihārasya nānā-sthānānusāraṇa-rūpatvād eka- sthāna-niṣṭhāyā mantropāsanāmayyā bhidyate'sau | yathāvasara-vividha- svecchāmayī svārasikī | evaṃ brahma-saṃhitāyām -- cintāmaṇi-prakara-sadmasu kalpa-vṛkṣa- lakṣāvṛteṣu surabhir abhipālayantam lakṣmī-sahasra-śata-sambhrama-sevyamānaṃ govindam ādi-puruṣaṃ tam ahaṃ bhajāmi || [BrahmaS 5.28] iti | atra kathā gānaṃ nātyaṃ gamanam api vaṃśī [BrahmaS 5.52] ity atrānusandheyam | tatra nānā-līlā-pravāha-rūpatayā svārasikī gaṅgeva | ekaika-līlātmatayā mantropāsanāmayī tu labdha-tat-sambhava-hrada-śreṇir iva jñeyā | kiṃ ca mantropāsanāmayyām api vraja-rājādi-sambandhaḥ śrūyate kim uta svārasikyām iti na kutrāpi tad-rahitatā kalpanīyā | tad etat sarvaṃ mūla-pramāṇe'pi dṛśyate | tatra prakaṭa-rūpā vispaṣṭaiva | athāprakaṭāyāṃ mantropāsanā-mayīm āha -- māṃ keśavo gadayā prātar avyād govinda āsaṅgavam ātta-veṇuḥ | [BhP 6.8.2] iti | ātta-veṇur iti viśeṣeṇa govindaḥ śrī-vṛndāvana-mathurā-prasiddha-mahā- yoga-pīṭhayos tan-nāmnaiva sahitau prasiddhau | tau ca tatra tatra prāpañcika-loka-dṛṣṭyāṃ śrīmat-pratimākāreṇābhātaḥ svajana-dṛṣṭyāṃ sākṣād-rūpa-vṛnda-prakaraṇa eva etau paṭhitau | tataś ca nārāyaṇa- varmākhya-mantropāsya-devatātvena (śrī-gopāla-tāpanyādi-prasiddha- svatantra-mantrāntaropāsya-devatātvena) ca mantropāsanā-mayyām idam udāhṛtam || || 6.8 || viśvarūpa indram || 153 ||
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1 We have thus quoted many statements from the Vedas and Puranas to clearly prove: 1. The form of Sri Krsna is eternal, 2. Sri Krsna eternally enjoys pastimes in Dvaraka,, Mathura, and Vrndavana and 3. Sri Krsna eternally associates with the Yadu dynasty and the inhabitants of Vrndavana. By proving these points we have strengthened the argument of the Bhagavatam’s paribhasa-sutra (krsnas tu bhagavan svayam: Sri Krsna is the original Supreme Personality of Godhead 1.3.28). 2 Now someone may doubt: 1. If Sri Krsna is the Original Supreme Personality of Godhead, who eternally enjoys pastimes with His liberated associates, as you say, then why is it that the Bhagavatam and other Vedic literatures say that Brahma and the other demigods presented an appeal to Lord Narayana, who then descended to the earth in the form of Sri Krsna? 2. If Sri Krsna eternally remains in Dvaraka, Mathura and Vrndavana, then why did the demigods not approach Lord Krsna personally with their request? Why did they approach Lord Narayana instead? 3. If Dvaraka, Mathura, and Vrndavana are the eternal abodes of Sri Krsna, then why did Krsna first appear in Mathura, then travel to Gokula, then again return to Mathura, then travel to Dvaraka, and finally leave Dvaraka, Mathura and Gokula, in order to go to Vaikunthaloka? 3 To the first two question we reply: The Original Personality of Godhead, Lord Krsna, who eternally enjoys pastimes in Dvaraka, Mathura and Vrndavana, does not generally appear before Brahma and the other demigods. They cannot approach Him, although they may approach Lord Krsna’s expansion as Ksirodakasayi Visnu, who is known to them as the maintainer and creator of the universe. For this reason they appealed to Lord Ksirodakasayi Visnu to relieve the burden of the earth. 4 After hearing the demigods’ appeal, the Personality of Godhead indicated that He desired to personally appear on the earth. The description of this may be found in Srimad Bhagavatam 10.1.22, and also in the description of the incarnation of a hair found in the some scriptures. When the time came for Lord Krsna to end His manifest pastimes on the earth, He ascended to Vaikuntha in the form of one of His expansions amsa-avatara, although in His original form He actually remained in Dvaraka, Mathura, and Gokula, and secretly enjoyed pastimes there, invisible to the eyes of ordinary human beings. This description is confirmed by the account found in the Tantra-bhagavata, Varaha Purana, and other Vedic literatures. That Sri Krsna eternally remains in Dvaraka, Mathura and Gokula is also confirmed by the following verse from Srimad Bhagavatam (11.31.24): “Sri Krsna eternally remains in the abode of Dvaraka.” We may also note that this mystery of the appearance and pastimes of the Original Personality of Godhead is difficulty to understand, and not everyone was able to perceive these secret activities of the Lord. 5 Great sages say the appearance and disappearance of Lord Krsna from this material world is like the rising and setting of the sun (The sun remains unchanged, although it appears and disappears from the view of certain living entities). This is described in the following statement of the Sruti-sastra: “The Personality of Godhead appears and disappears from this material world just as the sun seems to rise in the morning and then seems to enter the ocean again at sunset.” This comparison of Lord Krsna’s appearance and disappearance to the rising and setting of the sun gives us only a partial understanding of the Lord’s appearance in this world. Lord Krsna’s pastimes may be divided into two types: 1. Prakata (manifested) pastimes and 2. Aprakata (unmanifested) pastimes. Lord Krsna eternally remains in Dvaraka, Mathura and Gokula (which are simultaneously manifest in both the spiritual and material worlds and, invisible to the eyes of the ordinary conditioned souls, enjoys aprakata pastimes. When the proper time for the Lord’s prakata (manifest) pastimes arrives, Lord Narayana and the other visnu-tattva expansions of the Lord enter the transcendental body of Lord Krsna and appear along with Him in His prakata pastimes, which may be seen by the living entities in the material world. When the time for the Lord’s prakata pastimes is ended, Lord Narayana and the other forms of the Lord leave the earth planet and return to the Vaikunthalokas. The original form of Sri Krsna remains, however, and, invisible to the eyes of ordinary living entities, enjoys aprakata pastimes in Dvaraka, Mathura and Gokula. We have already described the Lord’s manifest and unmanifest pastimes, quoting many statements from Vedic literatures. We may note the following verse from Gopala-tapani Upanisad (2.48), where the Lord’s unmanifest (aprakata) presence and pastimes are described: 6 “Lord Krsna, accompanied by His three potencies, and by Balarama, Pradyumna, Aniruddha and Rukmini, eternally stays in delightful Mathura-puri.” 7 Lord Krsna’s manifest (prakata) pastimes in Vrndavana are described in Brahma-samhita (5.29): “I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, the first progenitor, who is tending cows, yielding all desires, in abodes built with spiritual gems and surrounded by millions of purpose trees. He is always served with great reverence and affection by hundred and thousands of goddesses of fortune.”* The Lord’s unmanifested (prakata) pastimes are completely distinct from the material world and its influence, and are also completely free from the limitations of material time. In this way, Lord Krsna eternally enjoys pastimes, day after day entering the assembly hall of Dvaraka as the king of the Yadu dynasty, and day after day taking care of the surabhi cows as the young prince of Vrajabhumi. Although Lord Krsna’s pastimes are always aloof from the influence of mater, in His manifested (prakata) pastimes, by His own wish, and by the workings of His internal potency, His pastimes appear to be material, and appear to be under the jurisdiction of time: with a beginning, growth, dwindling and end. 8 To worship the Lord’s unmanifest (aprakata) pastimes, two processes may be adopted: 1. Mantropasanamayi, and 2. Svarasiki. The first process (mantropasanamayi) entails remaining permanently in a place where the Lord enjoyed pastimes, and worshipping the Lord by chanting various mantras describing His pastimes. This process of mantropasana is described in the Brhad-dhyana-ratnabhiseka chapter of the Krama-dipika, and in other passages in the Vedic literatures. The Gautamiya Tantra also describes this process of mantra-meditation in the passage which begins with the following verse: “I shall now describe the process of meditating upon Lord Krsna, whose eyes are like lotus flowers, and who is dressed in yellow garments. Meditating on Lord Krsna in this way, one becomes free from the reactions to all past sins.” 9 The following verse from the Brahma-samhita (5.30) may also be used in the process of mantropasana (worship of the Lord by chanting mantras): “I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, who is adept in playing His flute, with blooming eyes like lotus-petals, with head bedecked with peacock’s feather, with the figures of beauty tinged with the hue of blue clouds, and His unique loveliness charming millions of cupids.”*** 10 The next verse (Brahma-samhita 5.31) may also be chanted in performing the process of mantropasana: “I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, round whose neck is swinging a garland of flowers beautified with the moon-locket, whose two hands are adorned with the flute and jewelled ornaments, who always revel in pastimes of love, and whose graceful three-folding bending form of Syamasundara is eternally manifest.”*** 11 Another example of verses to be used in mantropasana may be found in the bodhayana-karma-vipaka-prayascitta-smrti, in the passage beginning with the words ‘homas tu purvavat karyo govinda-pritaye tatah’, and ending with the following verse: “In this way one should meditate on Lord Govinda, who remains in the midst of the herd of surabhi cows. He is handsome and auspicious, and His hair is decorated with a peacock feather. He wears a garland of forest flowers. He is attached to playing His flute and He is surrounded by the gopis of Vraja.” 12 The process of mantra-worship of the Lord is also given in the following mantras of Gopala-tapani Upanisad (1.8-10): “Brahma said: He appears like a cowherd boy. His complexion is like a monsoon cloud. He stays under a desire tree. The following verses describe Him: 13-15 “Meditating with all his heart on Lord Krsna, whose eyes are handsome lotus flowers, whose complexion is a monsoon cloud, whose garments are lightning, who has two arms, who is rich in transcendental knowledge, who wears a garland of forest flowers, who is the supreme controller, who is surrounded by gopas, gopis and surabhi cows, who rests under a sura-druma tree, who is decorated with splendid ornament, who stands in the middle of a red lotus flower, and who is served by breezes that touch the Yamuna’s waves, a person becomes free from repeated birth and death. 16 The following mantra from the Gopala-tapani Upanisad (1.38) describes the process of mantropasana: “With eloquent prayers I and the Maruts please Lord Govinda, whose form is eternal and full of knowledge and bliss, who stays under a desire tree in Vrndavana, and who is the five-word mantra (klim krsnaya govindaya gopijanavallabhaya svaha).” 17 When the process of mantropasana (worship of the Lord by chanting mantras) becomes complete, the eligible devotee attains the stage known as svarasiki (direct perception), where Lord Krsna personally appears in the heart of the devotee and manifests His transcendental pastimes there. Even today, some devotees have attained this exalted stage of devotional service. This svarasiki stage of meditation on Lord Krsna is described in the following verse of Srimad Bhagavatam (3.9.11): “O my Lord, Your devotees can see You through the ears by the process of bona fide hearing, and thus their hearts become cleansed, and You take Your seat there. You are so merciful to Your devotees that You manifest Yourself in the particular eternal form of transcendence in which they always think of You.”* 18 The following verse from the Vedic literatures describes the pastimes of the Lord seen by a devotee in the svarasiki stage of meditation: “Lord Krsna eternally enjoys pastimes with Balarama, the cowherd boys, the calves, and the surabhi cows in the forest of Vrndavana.” 19 In this verse the word ‘ca’ (also) is used to describe the presence of Nanda Maharaja and the other residents of Vraja, and the word ‘rama’ is used to indicate the presence of Lord Balarama’s mother Rohini-devi. The phrase beginning with the word ‘kridati’ describes Lord Krsna’s pastimes: entering the pasture land of Vraja, taking a nap in the afternoon, and many other pastimes performed in various places of Vrndavana-dhama. The svarasiki pastimes are performed by the Lord according to His own wish and according to various circumstances. By remaining in a holy place, without travelling to other places, one may perform this process of mantropasana worship, and become eligible to directly perceive Lord Krsna’s pastimes in the svarasiki way. 20 Lord Balarama, for example, directly saw Lord Krsna’s pastimes in the svarasiki way and described them in the following verse (Brahma-samhita 5.40): “I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, the first progenitor, who is tending the cows, yielding all desires, in abodes built with spiritual gems and surrounded by millions of purpose trees. He is always served with great reverence and affection by hundreds and thousands of goddesses of fortune.”* 21 Lord Balarama also described his own svarasiki realisation in the following verse (Brahma-samhita 5.56): “The damsels of Vrndavana, the gopis, are super goddesses of fortune. The enjoyer in Vrndavana is the Supreme Personality of Godhead Krsna. The trees there are all fulfilling trees, and the land is made of transcendental touchstone. The water is all nectar, the talking is singing, the walking is dancing, and the constant companion of Krsna is His flute. The effulgence of transcendental bliss is experienced everywhere. Therefore Vrndavana-dhama is the only relishable abode.”* 22 In the stage of svarasiki realisation, the various pastimes of Lord Krsna appear before the devotee like a constantly flowing Ganges river. Some of those svarasiki pastimes become recorded in various mantras, and thus the mantropasana stage of realisation may be compared to a series of lakes within the Ganges river of svarasiki realisation. In the mantropasana stage one hears about Lord Krsna, Nanda Maharaja and the residents of Vrajabhumi, whereas in the svarasiki stage one is able to directly see Lord Krsna and His associates. From this we may understand that the svarasiki stage is very elevated and difficult to achieve. The most confidential matters are understandable in that svarasiki stage of realisation. The svarasiki stage is described in Srimad Bhagavatam, the most authoritative source of spiritual knowledge, and many svarasiki pastimes are described in its verses. The following verse (6.8.20) describes Lord Krsna’s unmanifest (aprakata) pastimes, as seen in the svarasiki stage. The pastimes are presented in the form of mantras to be chanted by devotees in the mantropasana stage. 23 “May Lord Kesava protect me with His club in the first portion of the day, and may Govinda, who is always engaged in playing His flute, protect me in the second portion of the day.”* 24 In this verse the word ‘govinda’ refers to the form of Lord Krsna as the master of the Vrndavana, and the name ‘kesava’ refers to Lord Krsna as the Lord of Mathura. The Lord appears in these two forms as the Deity visible to the people in general, and He also appears directly before His intimate devotees. The second manifestation of the Lord’s form before the devotee is described in the prayers to Lord Govinda in the Brahma-samhita and in other Vedic literatures as well. Realisation of the Lord in the stage of mantropasana is described in the verses of Gopala-tapani Upanisad and the scripture known as the Narayana-varma.
Kṛṣṇa · Sanskrit §154 · English §154
Source[१५४] वक्ष्यमाण-भगवद्-अभिप्रायानुसारेण स्पष्टार्थत्वेन च वस्तुतः स्वारसिकीम् आह - मा खिद्यतं महा-भागौ द्रक्ष्यथः कृष्णम् अन्तिके । अन्तर् हृदि स भूतानाम् आस्ते ज्योतिर् इवैधसि ॥ [भ्प् १०.४६.३६] हे महा-भागौ श्री-व्रजेश्वरौ मा खिद्यतं यतः श्री-कृष्णं द्रक्ष्यथः । कथं यतः सोऽन्तिक एवास्ते । तस्यान्तिक-स्थितेर् अव्यभिचारे दृष्टान्तः । भूतानाम् अन्तर्-हृदि परमात्म-लक्षणं ज्योतिर् इव एधसि चाग्नि-लक्षणं ज्योतिर् इवेति । तत्र निरन्तरस् तत्-स्फूर्तिर् एव भवतां प्रमाणम् इति भावः । अर्थान्तरे तूत्तरार्धस्य हेतुत्वास्पष्टत्वात् परमात्म-रूपेणान्तर्हृदि-स्थितस्यापि दर्शनानियमात् । ॥ १०.४६ ॥ उद्धवः श्री-व्रजेश्वरीम् ॥ १५४ ॥
[154] vakṣyamāṇa-bhagavad-abhiprāyānusāreṇa spaṣṭārthatvena ca vastutaḥ svārasikīm āha - mā khidyataṃ mahā-bhāgau drakṣyathaḥ kṛṣṇam antike | antar hṛdi sa bhūtānām āste jyotir ivaidhasi || [BhP 10.46.36] he mahā-bhāgau śrī-vrajeśvarau mā khidyataṃ yataḥ śrī-kṛṣṇaṃ drakṣyathaḥ | kathaṃ yataḥ so'ntika evāste | tasyāntika-sthiter avyabhicāre dṛṣṭāntaḥ | bhūtānām antar-hṛdi paramātma-lakṣaṇaṃ jyotir iva edhasi cāgni-lakṣaṇaṃ jyotir iveti | tatra nirantaras tat-sphūrtir eva bhavatāṃ pramāṇam iti bhāvaḥ | arthāntare tūttarārdhasya hetutvāspaṣṭatvāt paramātma-rūpeṇāntarhṛdi-sthitasyāpi darśanāniyamāt | || 10.46 || uddhavaḥ śrī-vrajeśvarīm || 154 ||
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1 Following Lord Krsna’s instructions, Uddhava spoke the following words (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.46.36) to Nanda and Yasoda. Although seeming ambiguous, these words actually describe the svarasiki stage of spiritual realisation. Uddhava said: “My dear Mother Yasoda and Nanda Maharaja, Krsna promised that He would come back to Vrndavana after finishing His business in Mathura. This promise He will surely fulfil. I therefore request you both, who are the best among all fortunates, to be not aggrieved on account of Krsna’s absence.* “You are already perceiving His presence twenty four hours a day, and yet He will come and see you very soon. Actually he is present everywhere and in everyone’s heart, just as fire is present in wood.”* 2 In this verse the word ‘maha-bhagau’ (greatly fortunate) refers to Nanda and Yasoda, the king and queen of Vrajabhumi. Uddhava says to them: “Do not be unhappy, you will see Krsna.” Why does Uddhava say that? “Because Krsna is already staying nearby” is the answer Uddhava gives. Then he speaks the following example: “Just as fire and light are present within firewood, in the same way, Krsna, in His form as the all-pervading Supersoul is present in the hearts of all living entities.” The second half of this verse may also be interpreted to mean: “It is as if (iva) Krsna is the Supersoul present in the hearts of all living entities.” In this way there is some doubt as to whether Krsna will become visible as the Supersoul, or in some other way. In this way it may be understood that Krsna will become visible to Nanda and Yasoda by the process of svarasiki realisation. In this way Nanda and Yasoda will not see the form of the Supersoul, but the original form of Krsna, who was enjoying His pastimes.
Kṛṣṇa · Sanskrit §155 · English §155
Source[१५५] एवं श्री-भगवान् उवाच - भवतीनां वियोगो मे न हि सर्वात्मना क्वचित् ॥ [भ्प् १०.४७.२९] ये मया सह भवतीनां योऽयं वियोगः स सर्वात्मना सर्वेणापि प्रकाशेन न विद्यते । किं तर्ह्य् एकेन प्रकट-लीलायां विराजमानेन प्रकाशेन वियोगः । अप्रकट-लीलायां त्व् अन्येन (पगे ८१) प्रकाशेन संयोग एवेत्य् अर्थः । अत्रैतद् उक्तं भवति न चान्तर् न बहिर् यस्य इत्य् आदि दामोदर-लीला- प्रघट्टक-दृष्ट्या मृद्-भक्षण-लीलादौ श्री-व्रजेश्वर्य्-आदीनां तथानुभूत्या च श्री-विग्रहस्य मध्यमत्व एव विभुत्वं दृश्यते । तच् च परस्पर-विरोधि-धर्म-द्वयम् एकत्राचिन्त्य-विभुत्व-शक्तिमति तस्मिन्न् आसम्भवं श्रुतेस् तु शब्द-मूलत्वाद् इत्य् एतन् न्यायेन इत्य् एवं भगवत्- सन्दर्भे प्रघट्टकेन विवृतम् अस्ति । तद् एवं विभुत्वे सति युगपद् अनेक-स्थानाद्य्-अधिष्ठानार्थं रूपान्तर- सृष्टिः पिष्ट-पेषिता । किन्तु युगपन्-मध्यमत्व-विभुत्व-प्रकाशिकया तथैवाचिन्त्य-शक्त्या तद्-इच्छानुसारेणैक एव श्री-विग्रहोऽनेकधा प्रकाशते । बिम्ब इव स्वच्छोपाधिभिः । किन्तु अत्रोपाधि-मात्र-जीवनत्वेन साक्षात् स्पर्शाद्य्-अभावेन वैपरीत्योदय-नियमेन बिम्बस्य परिच्छिन्नत्वेन च प्रतिबिम्बत्वम् । अत्र तु स्वाभावैक-शक्ति-स्फुरितत्वेन साक्षात्-स्पर्शादि-भावेन यथेच्छम् उदयेन श्री-विग्रहस्य विभुत्वेन च बिम्बत्वम् एवेति विशेषः । एवम् एव सर्वेषाम् अपि प्रकाशानां पूर्णत्वम् आह श्रुतिः - पूर्णम् अदः पूर्णम् इदं पूर्णात् पूर्णम् उदच्यते । पूर्णस्य पूर्णम् आदाय पूर्णम् एवावशिष्यते ॥ [बौ ६.५.४] इति । तत्र च तेषां प्रकाशानां तथैवाचिन्त्य-शक्त्या पृथक् पृथग् एव क्रियादीनि भवन्ति । अतएव युगपद् आविर्भूतानां प्रकाश-भेदावलम्बिनीनां निमेषोन्मेषणादि-क्रियाणाम् अविरोधः । अतएव विभोर् अपि परस्पर- विरुद्ध-क्रिया-गणाश्रयस्यापि तत्-तत्-क्रिया-कर्तृत्वं यथार्थम् एव । तद्- यथार्थत्वे बहुशः श्री-भागवतादि-वर्णितं विदुषां तु तद्-उद्भवं सुखं नोपपद्यत इति तद्-अन्यथानुपपत्तिश् चात्र प्रमाणम् । इत्थम् एवाभिप्रेत्य श्री-नारदेन चित्रं बतैतद् एकेन वपुषा युगपत् पृथक् [भ्प् १०.६९.१] इत्य् आदौ वपुषा एकत्वेऽपि पृथक्-प्रकाशत्वं तेषु प्रकाशेषु पृथक् पृथक् क्रियाधिष्ठानादित्वं तादृश-शक्तिस् त्व् अन्यत्र मुनि-जनादौ न सम्भवतीति स्वयं चित्रत्वं चोक्तम् । एष एव प्रकाशः क्वचिद् आत्म- शब्देनोच्यते क्वचिद् रूपादि-शब्देन च । यथा तत्रैव न हि सर्वात्मना क्वचिद् इति, अन्यत्र कृत्वा तावन्तम् आत्मानम् [भ्प् १०.३३.१९] इति, तावद्-रूप- धरोऽव्ययः [भ्प् १०.५९.४२] इति, कृष्णेनेच्छा-शरीरिणा [भ्प् १०.३०.४०] इति च । तत्र नाना-क्रियाद्य्-अधिष्ठानत्वाद् एव लीला-रस-पोषाय तेषु प्रकाशेष्व् अभिमान-भेदं परस्परम् अननुसन्धानं च प्रायः स्वेच्छयोरीकरोतीत्य् अपि गम्यते । एवं तच्-छक्तिमयत्वात् तत्-परिकरेष्व् अपि ज्ञेयम् । तत्र तेष्व् अपि प्रकाश-भेदः, यथा कन्याषोडश-सहस्र-विवाहे श्री-देवक्य्-आदिषु । उक्तं हि टीका-कृद्भिः - अनेन देवक्यादि-बन्धु-जन-समागमोऽपि प्रति- गृहं यौगपद्येन सूचित इति । तेषु श्री-कृष्णे च प्रकाश-भेदाद् अभिमान- क्रिया-भेदो यथा श्री-नारद-दृष्ट-योगमाया-वैभवे तत्र ह्य् एकत्र -- दीव्यन्तम् अक्षैस् तत्रापि प्रियया चोद्धवेन च । पूजितः परया भक्त्या प्रत्युत्थानासनादिभिः ॥ [भ्प् १०.६९.२०] इति । मन्त्रयन्तं च कस्मिंश्चिन् मन्त्रिभिश् चोद्धवादिभिः । [भ्प् १०.६९.२७] तत्रान्यत्र इति भाव-भेदाद् अभिमान-भेदो लक्ष्यते । अयम् एव तद्- अवस्थोऽहम् अत्रास्मीति । एवं षोडश-सहस्र-विवाहे कुत्रचित् श्री-कृष्ण- समक्षं माङ्गलिकं कर्म कुर्वत्या देवक्यास् तद्-दर्शन-सुखं भवति । तत्-परोक्षं तु तद्-दर्शनोत्कण्ठेति । तथा योग-माया-वैभव-दर्शन एव क्वचिद् (पगे ८२) उद्धवेन संयोगः क्वचिद् वियोग इति विचित्रता । तद् एवं तत्र प्रकाश-भेदे सति तद्-भावेनाभिमान-क्रिया-भेदे च स्थिते तदानीं वृन्दावन-प्रकाश-विशेषे स्थितेन श्री-कृष्णस्याप्रकट-प्रकाशेन तासाम् अप्रकट-प्रकाशात्मिकानां संयोगस् तत्-प्रकाश-विशेषे प्राक्-स्थितेन सम्प्रति मथुरां गतेन तत्-प्रकट-प्रकाशेनैव स्वीकृतेन स्थान-त्रयेऽपि सपरिकर-श्री-कृष्ण-नित्यावस्थायिता-वाक्यम् अनुपहतं स्यात् । प्रकट- लीलायाम् अन्यत्र स-परिकरस्य तस्य कदाचिद् गमनेऽपि प्रकाशान्तरेणावस्थानाद् इति । तस्मात् साधूक्तं भवतीनां वियोगो मे [भ्प् १०.४७.२९] इत्य् आदि । सेयं च नित्य-संयोगिता परम-रहस्येति ब्रह्म-ज्ञान-सादृश्य-भङ्ग्या समाच्छाद्यैवोपदिष्टा । दृश्यते चान्यत्रापि रहस्योपदेशेऽर्थान्तर- समाच्छन्नोक्तिः । यथा महाभारते जतु-गृहे गच्छतः पाण्डवान् प्रति विदुरस्य । यथा वा षष्ठे हर्याश्वादीन् प्रति श्री-नारदस्य ।
[155] evaṃ śrī-bhagavān uvāca - bhavatīnāṃ viyogo me na hi sarvātmanā kvacit || [BhP 10.47.29] ye mayā saha bhavatīnāṃ yo'yaṃ viyogaḥ sa sarvātmanā sarveṇāpi prakāśena na vidyate | kiṃ tarhy ekena prakaṭa-līlāyāṃ virājamānena prakāśena viyogaḥ | aprakaṭa-līlāyāṃ tv anyena (page 81) prakāśena saṃyoga evety arthaḥ | atraitad uktaṃ bhavati na cāntar na bahir yasya ity ādi dāmodara-līlā- praghaṭṭaka-dṛṣṭyā mṛd-bhakṣaṇa-līlādau śrī-vrajeśvary-ādīnāṃ tathānubhūtyā ca śrī-vigrahasya madhyamatva eva vibhutvaṃ dṛśyate | tac ca paraspara-virodhi-dharma-dvayam ekatrācintya-vibhutva-śaktimati tasminn āsambhavaṃ śrutes tu śabda-mūlatvād ity etan nyāyena ity evaṃ bhagavat- sandarbhe praghaṭṭakena vivṛtam asti | tad evaṃ vibhutve sati yugapad aneka-sthānādy-adhiṣṭhānārthaṃ rūpāntara- sṛṣṭiḥ piṣṭa-peṣitā | kintu yugapan-madhyamatva-vibhutva-prakāśikayā tathaivācintya-śaktyā tad-icchānusāreṇaika eva śrī-vigraho'nekadhā prakāśate | bimba iva svacchopādhibhiḥ | kintu atropādhi-mātra-jīvanatvena sākṣāt sparśādy-abhāvena vaiparītyodaya-niyamena bimbasya paricchinnatvena ca pratibimbatvam | atra tu svābhāvaika-śakti-sphuritatvena sākṣāt-sparśādi-bhāvena yatheccham udayena śrī-vigrahasya vibhutvena ca bimbatvam eveti viśeṣaḥ | evam eva sarveṣām api prakāśānāṃ pūrṇatvam āha śrutiḥ - pūrṇam adaḥ pūrṇam idaṃ pūrṇāt pūrṇam udacyate | pūrṇasya pūrṇam ādāya pūrṇam evāvaśiṣyate || [BAU 6.5.4] iti | tatra ca teṣāṃ prakāśānāṃ tathaivācintya-śaktyā pṛthak pṛthag eva kriyādīni bhavanti | ataeva yugapad āvirbhūtānāṃ prakāśa-bhedāvalambinīnāṃ nimeṣonmeṣaṇādi-kriyāṇām avirodhaḥ | ataeva vibhor api paraspara- viruddha-kriyā-gaṇāśrayasyāpi tat-tat-kriyā-kartṛtvaṃ yathārtham eva | tad- yathārthatve bahuśaḥ śrī-bhāgavatādi-varṇitaṃ viduṣāṃ tu tad-udbhavaṃ sukhaṃ nopapadyata iti tad-anyathānupapattiś cātra pramāṇam | ittham evābhipretya śrī-nāradena citraṃ bataitad ekena vapuṣā yugapat pṛthak [BhP 10.69.1] ity ādau vapuṣā ekatve'pi pṛthak-prakāśatvaṃ teṣu prakāśeṣu pṛthak pṛthak kriyādhiṣṭhānāditvaṃ tādṛśa-śaktis tv anyatra muni-janādau na sambhavatīti svayaṃ citratvaṃ coktam | eṣa eva prakāśaḥ kvacid ātma- śabdenocyate kvacid rūpādi-śabdena ca | yathā tatraiva na hi sarvātmanā kvacid iti, anyatra kṛtvā tāvantam ātmānam [BhP 10.33.19] iti, tāvad-rūpa- dharo'vyayaḥ [BhP 10.59.42] iti, kṛṣṇenecchā-śarīriṇā [BhP 10.30.40] iti ca | tatra nānā-kriyādy-adhiṣṭhānatvād eva līlā-rasa-poṣāya teṣu prakāśeṣv abhimāna-bhedaṃ parasparam ananusandhānaṃ ca prāyaḥ svecchayorīkarotīty api gamyate | evaṃ tac-chaktimayatvāt tat-parikareṣv api jñeyam | tatra teṣv api prakāśa-bhedaḥ, yathā kanyāṣoḍaśa-sahasra-vivāhe śrī-devaky-ādiṣu | uktaṃ hi ṭīkā-kṛdbhiḥ - anena devakyādi-bandhu-jana-samāgamo'pi prati- gṛhaṃ yaugapadyena sūcita iti | teṣu śrī-kṛṣṇe ca prakāśa-bhedād abhimāna- kriyā-bhedo yathā śrī-nārada-dṛṣṭa-yogamāyā-vaibhave tatra hy ekatra -- dīvyantam akṣais tatrāpi priyayā coddhavena ca | pūjitaḥ parayā bhaktyā pratyutthānāsanādibhiḥ || [BhP 10.69.20] iti | mantrayantaṃ ca kasmiṃścin mantribhiś coddhavādibhiḥ | [BhP 10.69.27] tatrānyatra iti bhāva-bhedād abhimāna-bhedo lakṣyate | ayam eva tad- avastho'ham atrāsmīti | evaṃ ṣoḍaśa-sahasra-vivāhe kutracit śrī-kṛṣṇa- samakṣaṃ māṅgalikaṃ karma kurvatyā devakyās tad-darśana-sukhaṃ bhavati | tat-parokṣaṃ tu tad-darśanotkaṇṭheti | tathā yoga-māyā-vaibhava-darśana eva kvacid (page 82) uddhavena saṃyogaḥ kvacid viyoga iti vicitratā | tad evaṃ tatra prakāśa-bhede sati tad-bhāvenābhimāna-kriyā-bhede ca sthite tadānīṃ vṛndāvana-prakāśa-viśeṣe sthitena śrī-kṛṣṇasyāprakaṭa-prakāśena tāsām aprakaṭa-prakāśātmikānāṃ saṃyogas tat-prakāśa-viśeṣe prāk-sthitena samprati mathurāṃ gatena tat-prakaṭa-prakāśenaiva svīkṛtena sthāna-traye'pi saparikara-śrī-kṛṣṇa-nityāvasthāyitā-vākyam anupahataṃ syāt | prakaṭa- līlāyām anyatra sa-parikarasya tasya kadācid gamane'pi prakāśāntareṇāvasthānād iti | tasmāt sādhūktaṃ bhavatīnāṃ viyogo me [BhP 10.47.29] ity ādi | seyaṃ ca nitya-saṃyogitā parama-rahasyeti brahma-jñāna-sādṛśya-bhaṅgyā samācchādyaivopadiṣṭā | dṛśyate cānyatrāpi rahasyopadeśe'rthāntara- samācchannoktiḥ | yathā mahābhārate jatu-gṛhe gacchataḥ pāṇḍavān prati vidurasya | yathā vā ṣaṣṭhe haryāśvādīn prati śrī-nāradasya |
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1 The svarasiki stage of realisation is also described by Lord Krsna Himself in His message to the gopis (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.47.29): “My dear gopis, you should understand that it is not possible for you to be separated from Me at any time.”* Although the gopis seemed to be separated from Krsna as He appeared in His prakata-lila (manifested pastimes), they were always thinking of Him, and thus perceiving His presence directly in His aprakata-lila (unmanifested pastimes). Being situated in the stage of svarasiki realisation, the gopis thus constantly saw Sri Krsna. In this way, although they were separated from His prakata form, they associated with Him in another way (in His aprakata pastimes). In this way Sri Krsna’s statement that it is not possible to be separated from Him may be understood. 2 Because Sri Krsna is full of all inconceivable potencies He is able to appear before His devotees in His aprakata form when He is not visible to them in His prakata form. The wonderful potencies of Lord Krsna’s form were seen by Mother Yasoda and the other residents of Vrndavana in His pastimes of being bound with a rope by Mother Yasoda, and revealing His universal form to Mother Yasoda when He was suspected of eating clay. These two pastimes may appear to be self-contradictory: the first showing Sri Krsna as an ordinary child able to be bound up by His mother, and the second pastime showing Sri Krsna as the all-pervading and omnipotent Supreme Personality of Godhead. Actually, however, there is no contradiction, for Lord Krsna may appear as a helpless child or a s the Supreme Lord by His inconceivable potencies. These inconceivable potencies are described in the Vedic literatures, which are the most authoritative source of knowledge, as confirmed in Vedanta-sutra 2.1.27: “Vedic literature is the most authoritative source of knowledge.” The reader is referred to the Bhagavat-sandarbha (Anucchedas 30-39) for a more elaborate explanation of this subject. 3 When Krsna manifests His forms in many different places simultaneously, He does not have to separately create many new forms, but He simply manifests His own original form in many places at once, as He wishes, by the agency of His inconceivable potencies. He manifests His own form in many places just as single form may be reflected in many places by the use of mirrors. A person who causes his form to be reflected in many mirrors cannot perform the functions of His senses through the reflected forms: for example he cannot see, hear, touch, etc. Through his reflected forms. This may be true for an ordinary person, bit for Lord Krsna He can see, hear, touch, and perform all sensory activities through these ‘reflected’ forms. This is the specific potency of Lord Krsna’s expanded or ‘reflected’ forms. 4 That all the visnu-tattva expansions of Lord Krsna are perfect and complete manifestations of the Lord, equal to his original form in all respects, is confirmed in the following verse found in two Upanisads (Isopanisad 1) and (Brhad-aranyaka Upanisad 6.5.4.): “The Personality of Godhead is perfect and complete. And because He is completely perfect, all emanations from Him, such as this phenomenal world, are perfectly equipped as a complete whole. Whatever is produced of the complete whole is also complete by itself. And because He is the Complete Whole, even though so many complete units emanate from Him, He remains the complete balance.”* 5 Sri Krsna is thus perfect and complete, and innumerable perfect and complete visnu-tattva forms may emanate from Him, but He remains undiminished in all respects. By His inconceivable potency He may expand in many different forms simultaneously, and each of these forms may perform many different activities. These forms may perform different activities simultaneously. That this is described in Srimad Bhagavatam and other Vedic literatures and the great learned devotees also described it and delight in learning about it is evidence to prove this remarkable feature of the Lord. 6 Lord Krsna’s ability to be manifested in many places simultaneously and perform many different activities at the same time by His mystic potency is not shared by any one else. No yogi or sage can perform such wonderful activities, and therefore Narada Muni spoke the following verse after seeing the many expansions of the Lord at Dvaraka (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.69.2): “It is astounding that Lord Krsna, who is one without a second, expanded Himself in sixteen thousand similar forms to marry sixteen thousand queens in their respective homes.”* 7 That Sri Krsna is able to expand into many different forms simultaneously is also confirmed in the following verses from Srimad Bhagavatam, where the words ‘atma’, ‘rupa’, and other words also are used to describe the Lord’s transcendental forms: “Lord Krsna is able to assume any form He likes.” “Lord Krsna expanded into as many forms as there were gopis.” 10.33.19 “The imperishable Personality of Godhead then expanded Himself into 16,108 forms and married all 16 000 queens at the same moment.” 10.59.42 “Lord Krsna is able to assume any form according to His will.” 11.30.40 8 By His own wish, Lord Krsna may expand into many different forms and perform many different activities simultaneously, although the Lord’s associates in those pastimes generally do not give any thought to all these wonders. An example of this is the occasion of Lord Krsna’s marriage to 16 000 queens simultaneously in the presence of Devaki-devi and His other relatives. An astonishing feature of this pastime is described by Srila Sridhara Svami in His commentary on Srimad Bhagavatam 10.69.2 (quoted in text 6). Sridhara Svami says: “When Lord Krsna married 16 000 queens in 16 000 palaces all at the same moment, Devaki-devi and the Lord’s other intimate relatives also became expanded and witnesses all the Lord’s simultaneous marriages.” 9 That the intimate associates of Lord Krsna may also appear in different forms simultaneously, just as the Lord can, is described in the following verses of Srimad Bhagavatam (10.69.20 and 27), where Narada’s visit to Krsna’s palaces in Dvaraka reveals the simultaneous expansion of Uddhava, the intimate associate of the Lord: “In one palace Narada saw Lord Krsna engaged in playing chess along with His dear wife and Uddhava. The Lord immediately got up from His seat and invited Narada to sit on His personal seat. The Lord again worshipped Him with as much paraphernalia for reception as He had in the palace of Rukmini. Narada then left that palace and visited other palaces where he again saw Lord Krsna engaged in different activities. In another palace Narada saw Lord Krsna consulting with ministers like Uddhava and others on important matters of business.”* 10 Sri Krsna appears in various forms according to the nature of His devotee’s love for Him. If the devotee aspires to see the Lord in a certain way, the Lord appears in that aspect, and says to the devotee: “Here I am, just as you have desired Me.” The Lord may sometimes appear before the devotee, and sometimes also may be far away from the devotee. For example, when Lord Krsna played the part of the ideal husband of 16 000 wives in Dvaraka, sometimes Devaki-devi would perform her household duties in the association of her great son, and she would feel transcendental bliss. Then again, sometimes she would not have His association, and she would long to see Him. In the same way Uddhava and the other devotees would sometimes have Lord Krsna’s association, and sometimes they would be separated from Him. This meeting and separation of the Lord and His devotees is a very wonderful activity effected by the Lord’s yogamaya potency. 11 When Lord Krsna is not directly present before His devotees He remains present in His aprakata (unmanifested) form. In this way, even when He had gone to Mathura and Dvaraka, He remained present before the gopis and other inhabitants of Vrndavana. By either His prakata (manifest) or aprakata (unmanifest) presence He always remains in Vrndavana, Mathura and Dvaraka. Although superficially a description of His all-pervading feature as the Supersoul, Lord Krsna’s instruction to the gopis that “It is not possible for you to be separated from Me” (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.47.29), is actually a description of His eternal aprakata presence in Vrndavana, and the gopis constant perception of Him in the svarasiki form of meditation. In this way, while apparently speaking about the Supersoul, Krsna actually described His eternal presence in Vrndavana and His eternal association with the residents of Vrndavana. Such a method of indirectly expressing one thing while appearing to say another may be seen in many places in Vedic literature. For example, such a device was used by Vidura to warn the Pandavas travelling to the house of lac, and a similar method of expression was also used by Narada Muni in his allegorical explanations to the Haryasvas and Savalasvas, the sons of Maharaja Daksa (as described in the Sixth Canto of Srimad Bhagavatam).
Kṛṣṇa · Sanskrit §156 · English §156
Source[१५६] तद् एवं पुनर् अपि तथैवोपदिशति -- यथा भूतानि भूतेषु खं वाय्व्-अग्निर् जलं मही । तथाहं च मनः-प्राण- भूतेन्द्रिय-गुणाश्रयः ॥ [भ्प् १०.४७.२९] यथा खादीनि कारण-रूपाणि भूतानि वाय्व्-आदिषु स्व-स्व-कार्य-रूपेषु भूतेष्व् अवस्थितानि, तत्राकाशस्य स्थितिर् वायौ वायोर् अग्नाव् इत्य् आदि । तथा भवतीष्व् अहं बहिर्-अनुपलभ्यमानोऽपि नित्यं तिष्ठाम्य् एवेत्य् अर्थः । कथम्भूतोऽहम् ? भवतीनां मद्-एक-जीवातूनां मन-आद्य्-आश्रयः । अन्यथा निमेषम् अपि मद्-वियोगेन तान्य् अपि न तिष्ठेयुर् इति भावः । यद् वा, किं-रूपस् तिष्ठसीत्य् आकाङ्क्षायाम् आह, भवतीनां मन-आद्य्- आश्रय-भूतो यो द्विभुज-श्यामसुन्दर-वेणु-विनोदि-रूपस् तद्-रूप एवेति ।
[156] tad evaṃ punar api tathaivopadiśati -- yathā bhūtāni bhūteṣu khaṃ vāyv-agnir jalaṃ mahī | tathāhaṃ ca manaḥ-prāṇa- bhūtendriya-guṇāśrayaḥ || [BhP 10.47.29] yathā khādīni kāraṇa-rūpāṇi bhūtāni vāyv-ādiṣu sva-sva-kārya-rūpeṣu bhūteṣv avasthitāni, tatrākāśasya sthitir vāyau vāyor agnāv ity ādi | tathā bhavatīṣv ahaṃ bahir-anupalabhyamāno'pi nityaṃ tiṣṭhāmy evety arthaḥ | kathambhūto'ham ? bhavatīnāṃ mad-eka-jīvātūnāṃ mana-ādy-āśrayaḥ | anyathā nimeṣam api mad-viyogena tāny api na tiṣṭheyur iti bhāvaḥ | yad vā, kiṃ-rūpas tiṣṭhasīty ākāṅkṣāyām āha, bhavatīnāṃ mana-ādy- āśraya-bhūto yo dvibhuja-śyāmasundara-veṇu-vinodi-rūpas tad-rūpa eveti |
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English witness · section(s) 156
Anuccheda 156
1 Superficially describing the all-pervading Supersoul, Lord Krsna actually described the gopis’ constant meditation on Him and their uninterrupted svarasiki perception of Him through strong feelings of separation in the following verse from Srimad Bhagavatam (10.47.29): “My dear gopis, just as the five material elements of earth, water, fire, air and ether are all-pervading within this material world, and present in the bodies of all living entities, in the same way, I am always present within you. I reside in your minds, senses, and Your life-breath, for I have taken shelter in all these places.”* 2 This statement of Sri Krsna may be interpreted in the following way: “The material elements are causes of each other. For example, ether is the cause of air, air of fire, fire of water, and water of earth. Each element cause is situated within its effect. For example, ether is situated within air, air within fire, fire within water, and water within earth. Because I am the cause of everything, I am situated within everything in the same way, because as a general rule a cause is always situated within its effect. Even though we have been externally separated, I am still remaining always within you in this way. Especially for you, O gopis of Vraja, who have dedicated your life and soul to Me, separation between us is not possible at any time, for I always reside within your minds and senses. How do I reside there? In what form? I remain always there in My original form, playing the flute with two hands and handsome with a dark complexion.”
Kṛṣṇa · Sanskrit §157 · English §157
Source[१५७] नन्व् इत्थं प्रकाश-वैचित्री कथं स्यात् यया विरह-संयोगयोर् युगपद् एव स्थितिर् इत्य् आशङ्क्याह - आत्मन्य् एवात्मनात्मानं सृजे हन्म्य् अनुपालये । आत्म-मायानुभावेन भूतेन्द्रिय-गुणात्मना ॥ [भ्प् १०.४७.३०] आत्मनि अनन्त-प्रकाश-मये श्री-विग्रह-लक्षणे स्वस्मिन् आत्मना स्वयम् आत्मानं प्रकाश-विशेषं सृजे अभिव्यञ्जयामि । केन ? निमित्त-भूतेन आत्मा-मायानुभावेन अचिन्त्यायाः स्वरूप-शक्तेः प्रभावेन । स्वरूप- भूतया नित्य-शक्त्या मायाख्यया युत इति मध्व-भाष्य-धृत-चतुर्वेद- शिखातः । कीदृशेन ? भूतेन्द्रिय-गुणात्मना भूतानि परमार्थ-सत्यानि यानि ममेन्द्रियाणि ये च गुणा रूप-रसादयस् तेषाम् आत्मना प्रकाशकेनेत्य् अर्थः । बुद्धीन्द्रियेति पाठे आत्मनेत्य् अस्य विशेषणम् । बुद्धयोऽन्तः- करणानि, इन्द्रियाणि बहिः-करणानि, गुणा रूपादयः, तानि सर्वाण्य् अपि आत्मा स्वरूपं यत्र, तेनेति । तद् एवम् आविर्भूय अनु पश्चात् कदापि हन्मि, ततोऽन्यत्र गच्छामि । हन् हिंसा-गतयोः । कदाप्य् अनु पश्चात् पुनः पालये स्वयम् आगत्य पालयामि निज-विरह-दूनान् इति शेषः । एतत्-कारणं तु यत् त्व् अहं भवतीनां वै [भ्प् १०.४७.३४] इत्य् आदौ वक्ष्यते । हन्तेर् अर्थान्तरे त्रयाणाम् एक-कर्म-कर्तृत्वेऽपि तम् आत्मानं प्रकाशं कदाचित् तिरोधापयामि । तस्मात् तं प्रकाशम् आकृष्य प्रकाश-वैविध्यम् एकीकरोमीत्य् अर्थः । एवम् एव दशम-सप्ततिममाध्याये स्वामिभिर् अपि व्याख्यातम् - एवं सर्व-गृहेभ्यः पृथक् पृथङ् निर्गत्यानन्तरम् एक एव सुधर्मां प्राविशत् [१०.७०.१७] इति । यथा च माध्व-भाष्य-धृत-(पगे ८३) -स्वामि(?)-वचनम् - स देवो बहुधा निर्गुणः पुरुषोत्तमः । एकीभूयः पुनः शेते निर्दोषो हरिर् आदिकृत् ॥ इति । श्रुतिश् च शङ्कर-भाष्य-धृता - स एकधा भवति, द्विधा भवति इत्य् आद्या । तद्-अनन्तरं पुनर् अपि तम् आत्मानं पालये पुनर् अभिव्यज्य निज- श्रेष्ठ-जनैः सह क्रीडया सम्भूतानन्दं करोमीत्य् अर्थः । एवं हन्तिर् अश्लीलोऽपि स्व-वियोगि-जन-विषय-कारुण्य-कृत-भावान्तरेण स्वयम् एव प्रयुक्त इति न दोष आशङ्क्यः - छिन्द्यां स्व-बाहुम् अपि वः प्रतिकूल-वृत्तिम् [भ्प् ३.१६.६] इतिवत् ।
[157] nanv itthaṃ prakāśa-vaicitrī kathaṃ syāt yayā viraha-saṃyogayor yugapad eva sthitir ity āśaṅkyāha - ātmany evātmanātmānaṃ sṛje hanmy anupālaye | ātma-māyānubhāvena bhūtendriya-guṇātmanā || [BhP 10.47.30] ātmani ananta-prakāśa-maye śrī-vigraha-lakṣaṇe svasmin ātmanā svayam ātmānaṃ prakāśa-viśeṣaṃ sṛje abhivyañjayāmi | kena ? nimitta-bhūtena ātmā-māyānubhāvena acintyāyāḥ svarūpa-śakteḥ prabhāvena | svarūpa- bhūtayā nitya-śaktyā māyākhyayā yuta iti madhva-bhāṣya-dhṛta-caturveda- śikhātaḥ | kīdṛśena ? bhūtendriya-guṇātmanā bhūtāni paramārtha-satyāni yāni mamendriyāṇi ye ca guṇā rūpa-rasādayas teṣām ātmanā prakāśakenety arthaḥ | buddhīndriyeti pāṭhe ātmanety asya viśeṣaṇam | buddhayo'ntaḥ- karaṇāni, indriyāṇi bahiḥ-karaṇāni, guṇā rūpādayaḥ, tāni sarvāṇy api ātmā svarūpaṃ yatra, teneti | tad evam āvirbhūya anu paścāt kadāpi hanmi, tato'nyatra gacchāmi | han hiṃsā-gatayoḥ | kadāpy anu paścāt punaḥ pālaye svayam āgatya pālayāmi nija-viraha-dūnān iti śeṣaḥ | etat-kāraṇaṃ tu yat tv ahaṃ bhavatīnāṃ vai [BhP 10.47.34] ity ādau vakṣyate | hanter arthāntare trayāṇām eka-karma-kartṛtve'pi tam ātmānaṃ prakāśaṃ kadācit tirodhāpayāmi | tasmāt taṃ prakāśam ākṛṣya prakāśa-vaividhyam ekīkaromīty arthaḥ | evam eva daśama-saptatimamādhyāye svāmibhir api vyākhyātam - evaṃ sarva-gṛhebhyaḥ pṛthak pṛthaṅ nirgatyānantaram eka eva sudharmāṃ prāviśat [10.70.17] iti | yathā ca mādhva-bhāṣya-dhṛta-(page 83) -svāmi(?)-vacanam - sa devo bahudhā nirguṇaḥ puruṣottamaḥ | ekībhūyaḥ punaḥ śete nirdoṣo harir ādikṛt || iti | śrutiś ca śaṅkara-bhāṣya-dhṛtā - sa ekadhā bhavati, dvidhā bhavati ity ādyā | tad-anantaraṃ punar api tam ātmānaṃ pālaye punar abhivyajya nija- śreṣṭha-janaiḥ saha krīḍayā sambhūtānandaṃ karomīty arthaḥ | evaṃ hantir aślīlo'pi sva-viyogi-jana-viṣaya-kāruṇya-kṛta-bhāvāntareṇa svayam eva prayukta iti na doṣa āśaṅkyaḥ - chindyāṃ sva-bāhum api vaḥ pratikūla-vṛttim [BhP 3.16.6] itivat |
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English witness · section(s) 157
Anuccheda 157
1 Someone may object: How is it possible for the gopis to be simultaneously associated with Sri Krsna, and then again separated from Him? This is very astonishing. In order to allay this doubt, Sri Krsna spoke the following words in His message to the gopis (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.47.30): “My dear gopis, you should understand this appearance of Mine in My aprakata form in your meditation on Me. By My inconceivable internal potency I appear in this aprakata form with all My transcendental attributes and thus I relieve the distresses born from My absence.” 2 In this verse the word ‘atmana’ may be understood to mean ‘the form of Sri Krsna’, which is manifested in unlimited kinds of expansion’. The word ‘svayam’ may mean ‘personally’ and the word ‘atmanam’ may mean ‘this specific form’. The word ‘srje’ may mean ‘I manifest’. Understood in this way, the verse may be interpreted to mean ‘Out of all my unlimited forms, I personally appear in this specific form (the aprakata form perceived in svarasiki meditation).” One may ask: By what method does Lord Krsna appear in this way? The answer to this question is that the Lord appears in this way by the agency of His personal inconceivable potency (atma-mayanubhavena). This potency of the Lord is described in the following statement from the Catur-veda-sikha quoted in Madhvacarya’s commentary explaining this verse: “The Supreme Lord possesses His own eternal potency, which is manifested from His own transcendental form, and which is known as maya.” 3 One may ask: How is this aprakata form manifested? To this question the answer may be given: Krsna appears with His own transcendental qualities and senses: ‘bhutendriya-gunatmana’. In this word ‘bhuta’ means ‘transcendental’, ‘guna’ means ‘the handsomeness of Lord Krsna’s form and His other transcendental attributes’, and ‘atmana’ means ‘manifesting’. In some texts of Srimad Bhagavatam we find the word ‘buddhindriya’ instead of ‘bhutendriya’. According to this reading, the Lord appears with His own transcendental mind and intelligence. 4 In this verse (quoted in text 1) the word ‘anu’ means ‘after appearing in this way’ and ‘hanmi’ means “I go’. The verb ‘han’ may mean either ‘to kill’ or ‘to go’. The word ‘palaye’ means ‘after coming, I protect from the sufferings created by separation from Me’. This will be described in Srimad Bhagavatam 10.47.34. 5 If the alternate meaning of the verb ‘han’ (to kill) is accepted, it may be interpreted to mean that the Lord sometimes makes His form invisible. One example of this is when the thousands of expansions (of Lord Krsna at Dvaraka meet together at a certain time and) become a single Krsna (who enters the Sudharma assembly house). 6 This is described in the following words by Sridhara Svami (in his commentary on Srimad Bhagavatam 10.70.17): “The many expansions of Sri Krsna, having each left His own respective palace in Dvaraka, become a single Krsna who then entered the Sudharma assembly house.” 7 This is also confirmed by Sripada Madhvacarya who, in his commentary on this verse quotes the following statement from the Padma Purana.” “The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Hari, is the original creator of everything. He is always free from any fault or defect, and He is always transcendental to the influences of the three modes of material nature. He sometimes expands Himself into many forms, and then again all His expansions enter Him, and He becomes one.” 8 The manifold expansions of the Supreme Personality of Godhead are also described in the following verse from the Sruti-sastra (quoted in the commentary of Sankaracarya): “The Supreme Personality of Godhead is sometimes manifested as one, and then again, sometimes He expands Himself into many forms.” 9 In this verse the phrase ‘atmanam palaye’ means ‘I appear before My devotees and enjoy transcendental bliss by performing pastimes in their association.” One should not take it that the use of the word ‘hanmi’ is a literary fault in this verse. A similar phrase is spoken by the Lord in the following words (Srimad Bhagavatam 3.16.6): ‘chindyam sva-bahum api vah pratikula silam.”
Kṛṣṇa · Sanskrit §158 · English §158
Source[१५८] ननु प्रकटम् एव मथुरायां विक्रीडसि तर्ह्य् अत्राप्य् अधुना विर्कीडसीत्य् अत्रास्माकं सम्भावना कथं जायताम् इत्य् आशङ्क्य तासाम् एवानुभवं प्रमाणयति - आत्मा ज्ञान-मयः शुद्धो व्यतिरिक्तो ऽगुणान्वयः । सुषुप्ति-स्वप्न-जाग्रद्भिर् माया-वृत्तिभिर् ईयते ॥ [भ्प् १०.४७.३१] यद् वा आस्तां तावद् अप्रकट-लीलायां मद्-वियोगाभाव-वार्ता । प्रकट- लीलायाम् अपि तयानुसन्धीयताम् इत्य् आह आत्मा ज्ञान-मय इत्य् आदि । अर्थश् चायम् - आत्म-शब्दोऽस्मिन्न् अस्मच्-छब्द-परः । ततश् च आत्माहं श्री- कृष्ण-लक्षणो भवतीनां सुषुप्त्य्-आदि-लक्षणाभिर् मनो-वृत्तिभिर् ईयते अनुभूयत एव । कीदृशः ? ज्ञान-मयो नाना-विद्या-विदग्धः । शुद्धो दोष-रहितः । विगतोऽतिरिक्तो यस्माद् इति वा विशेषेणातिरिक्त इति वा व्यतिरिक्तः सर्वोत्तमो गुणान्वयः सर्व-गुण-शाली । अतएव स च स्फूर्ति-रूपोऽयम् अनुभवः कदाचित् साक्षात्कार-द्वारापि कल्प्यते इति चिर-काल-विरहेऽपि तासां सन्धुक्षण-कारणं ज्ञेयम् । अत्र सुषुप्तेऽपि तत्- स्फूर्ति-निर्देशः सर्वदैव स्फुरामीति-मात्र-तात्पर्यकः । यद् वा तत्र तासां स्वप्न-जाग्रतोर् अनन्य-वृत्तित्वं सिद्धम् एव । वृत्त्य्-अन्तरासम्भवात् तु श्री-कृष्ण-समाधि-लक्षणे सुषुप्तेऽपि तस्मिन्न् एव स्वप्न-जाग्रद्-गतानां वृत्ति-वैचित्रीणां तद्-अनुभाविता-मात्रावशेषतया प्रवेशो भवति । तद् उत्तर-काले प्राकृतैः सुखम् अहम् अस्वाप्सम् इतिवत् ताभिः स इति एवानुसन्धीयते इति तथोक्तम् । तथा हि गारुडे - जाग्रत्-स्वप्न-सुसुप्तिषु योगस्थस्य च योगिनः । या काचिन् मनसो वृत्तिः स भवत्य् अच्युताश्रयः ॥ इति ।
[158] nanu prakaṭam eva mathurāyāṃ vikrīḍasi tarhy atrāpy adhunā virkīḍasīty atrāsmākaṃ sambhāvanā kathaṃ jāyatām ity āśaṅkya tāsām evānubhavaṃ pramāṇayati - ātmā jñāna-mayaḥ śuddho vyatirikto 'guṇānvayaḥ | suṣupti-svapna-jāgradbhir māyā-vṛttibhir īyate || [BhP 10.47.31] yad vā āstāṃ tāvad aprakaṭa-līlāyāṃ mad-viyogābhāva-vārtā | prakaṭa- līlāyām api tayānusandhīyatām ity āha ātmā jñāna-maya ity ādi | arthaś cāyam - ātma-śabdo'sminn asmac-chabda-paraḥ | tataś ca ātmāhaṃ śrī- kṛṣṇa-lakṣaṇo bhavatīnāṃ suṣupty-ādi-lakṣaṇābhir mano-vṛttibhir īyate anubhūyata eva | kīdṛśaḥ ? jñāna-mayo nānā-vidyā-vidagdhaḥ | śuddho doṣa-rahitaḥ | vigato'tirikto yasmād iti vā viśeṣeṇātirikta iti vā vyatiriktaḥ sarvottamo guṇānvayaḥ sarva-guṇa-śālī | ataeva sa ca sphūrti-rūpo'yam anubhavaḥ kadācit sākṣātkāra-dvārāpi kalpyate iti cira-kāla-virahe'pi tāsāṃ sandhukṣaṇa-kāraṇaṃ jñeyam | atra suṣupte'pi tat- sphūrti-nirdeśaḥ sarvadaiva sphurāmīti-mātra-tātparyakaḥ | yad vā tatra tāsāṃ svapna-jāgrator ananya-vṛttitvaṃ siddham eva | vṛtty-antarāsambhavāt tu śrī-kṛṣṇa-samādhi-lakṣaṇe suṣupte'pi tasminn eva svapna-jāgrad-gatānāṃ vṛtti-vaicitrīṇāṃ tad-anubhāvitā-mātrāvaśeṣatayā praveśo bhavati | tad uttara-kāle prākṛtaiḥ sukham aham asvāpsam itivat tābhiḥ sa iti evānusandhīyate iti tathoktam | tathā hi gāruḍe - jāgrat-svapna-susuptiṣu yogasthasya ca yoginaḥ | yā kācin manaso vṛttiḥ sa bhavaty acyutāśrayaḥ || iti |
English translation
English witness · section(s) 158
Anuccheda 158
1 After hearing Lord Krsna’s explanation of His aprakata presence in Vrndavana, even after He had gone to Mathura, the gopis might protest: ‘My dear Krsna, at present You are enjoying pastimes in Mathura, how is it possible for You to be still present with us in the village of Vrndavana? In order to answer the gopis doubt, as well as to explain their svarasiki perception of Him, Lord Krsna spoke the following verse (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.47.31): “This personality of Godhead is free from all phases of material entanglement and from the grip of the three modes of nature. He is pure and full of all transcendental knowledge. He appears in the thoughts of His devotees whether they are awake, dreaming or deeply asleep.”* 2 In this verse Sri Krsna says that just as He is present before His devotees in His manifested (prakata) pastimes, He is also not separated from them in His aprakata (unmanifested) pastimes. Although appearing to be absent from them, He is always manifested within their thoughts. 3 In this verse the word ‘atma’ means ‘I, Sri Krsna’, and the phrase ‘mano-vrttibhi iyate’ means ‘I am perceived in meditation by the gopis when they are awake, dreaming, and even deeply sleeping.” 4 How is this Supreme ‘atma’ described? He is expert in all kinds of knowledge (janamayah), pure and free from any fault (suddhah), superior to all living entities (vyatiriktah), and full of all auspicious attributes (sarva-guna-sali). The perception of Lord Krsna’s aprakata form in the gopis’ meditation enlivened them, increased their love for Him, and made it possible for them to bear the long period of their separation from Him. 5 Lord Krsna appeared before them even in their sleep. That is the meaning of His statement: “I am always manifest before you.” This proves that whether awake or asleep they did not do anything but meditate on Him. Whether awake, asleep, or in deep sleep, the gopis were always wonderfully able to see Lord Krsna in meditation. In this way Lord Krsna entered them and appeared before them. The gopis constantly saw Lord Krsna, even in the condition of dreamless deep sleep (the kind of sleep which, when experienced by ordinary conditioned souls, is described by them with the words “I slept well”). 6 Constant meditation on Lord Krsna is also described in the following verse from the Garuda Purana: “Whether awake, dreaming, or in deep sleep, transcendentalists continuously meditate on the infallible Supreme Personality of Godhead (Lord Acyuta).”